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Telehealth Music Therapy for Adults With Endocrine Disorder and Depression

Telehealth Music Therapy for Adults With Endocrine System Based Autoimmune Disease and a Depressive Disorder: An Intervention Development Study

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Procedures mentioned: Interviews

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "Additionally, the investigators will complete interviews with the participants at the end of the intervention to gain perspectives on intervention and study protocol."
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests whether music therapy over Zoom helps adults with depression and an autoimmune endocrine disease, where the body's defenses attack glands that make hormones. It looks at quality of life, depression, anxiety, and how people feel about music. Participants attend 8 weekly sessions, each lasting about 30–45 minutes.

The goal of this clinical trial is to explore if a telehealth music therapy intervention helps with quality of life, depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms. It will also explore the participants' relationship to music. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Refine and tailor the music therapy intervention to fit the specific needs of adults living with an autoimmune disease and depression. * Examine the feasibility of the study protocol to support a future full-scale trial * Examine how music therapy impacts quality of life, depression symptoms, and anxiety symptoms * Explore how music therapy impacts one's relationship to music Participants will: * have a short interview to fill out a questionnaire with some basic information, answers about depression, quality of life, and potential anxiety, and a question about how they feel about music at the start and end of the sessions * attend 8 weekly sessions, approximately 30-45 minutes each, with a board certified music therapist over telehealth/Zoom * answer a few questions about the music therapy intervention

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • You are 18–65 years old.
  • You report having depression.
  • You report having an autoimmune endocrine disease, where the body's defenses attack glands that make hormones.
  • You have a device that can use Zoom with a camera and sound.

Who can't join

  • You have an intellectual or developmental disability, which affects learning or development.
  • You do not have an autoimmune disease.
  • You do not have depression.
  • You do not have access to a device for the Zoom sessions.
  • You are younger than 18 or older than 65.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * self-reported depression * self-reported autoimmune endocrine disease * 18-65 years of age * have a device that supports the Zoom platform (camera and audio) Exclusion Criteria: * intellectual or developmental disability * no auto-immune disease * no depression * lack of access to device * under the age of 18 years * over the age of 65 years

Study sites (1)

NC