Acute Effect of Sound Healing on Pain, Fatigue and Mood

• Sponsor: Innowage Limited (Industry)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT05795322
• Collaborator: Aarogyam UK (Other), Suara Sound Academy (Other)
• Enrollment: 63
• Location: 1
• Actual Duration (Days): 9
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 213.1

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

There is evidence that sound healing improves health and well-being. However, sound healing modalities, such as tuning forks, continue to be understudied, especially among people with chronic illnesses. This study examined responses to a single session of sound healing and explored whether responses varied based on analogue pain, fatigue, and mood.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Pain; Fatigue; Mood Change	Other: Sound healing with tuning forks

Study Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Actual Enrollment: 63 participants
• Observational Model: Other
• Time Perspective: Retrospective
• Official Title: Acute Effect of Sound Healing on Pain, Fatigue and Mood: A Retrospective Community Based Study
• Actual Study Start Date: Feb 24, 2023
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Mar 4, 2023
• Actual Study Completion Date: Mar 5, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Tuning for Health Community based group 'Tuning for Health' was set up to provide chronic condition self-management support to people. Trained, experienced therapist-led group used half an hour of sound healing in virtual session.	Other: Sound healing with tuning forks; Over the course of a half-hour virtual session, a specially developed "triple OM track" created by tuning forks was played.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Change in Pain Intensity [From baseline to 30-minutes post intervention]

   Visual Analogical Scale (VAS) from 0 to 10 scores where 0 describes no pain and 10 worst pain.

2. Change in Fatigue [From baseline to 30-minutes post intervention]

   Visual Analogue Scale for Fatigue (VAS-F) with18 items relating to the subjective experience of fatigue, with each item representing how they currently feel along a visual analogue scale extending between two extremes (e.g., "not at all tired" to "extremely tired").

3. Change in Mood [From baseline to 30-minutes post intervention]

   Visual Analogue Mood Scale using vertical 100 mm lines and schematic faces representing the following mood states: sad, afraid, angry, tired, energetic, happy, and confused.

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Patients Satisfaction [From baseline to 30-minutes post intervention]

   Patients Satisfaction was measured using 5-Linkert Scale (Very dissatisfied, Somewhat dissatisfied, Neutral, Somewhat satisfied, Very satisfied)

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 85 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• People with long term illnesses who attended 'Tuning for Health' virtual session

Exclusion Criteria:

• Who did not complete 30-mins Sound Healing

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Aarogyam UK CIC	Leicester		United Kingdom

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Innowage Limited
• Aarogyam UK
• Suara Sound Academy

Investigators

• Study Director: Debbi Walker, Suara Sound Academy
• Principal Investigator: Neha Sharma, PhD, Aarogyam UK CIC

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Innowage Limited
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05795322
• Other Study ID Numbers: Inn-AA-SS-002
• First Posted: Apr 3, 2023
• Last Update Posted: Apr 3, 2023
• Last Verified: Mar 1, 2023

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: Undecided
• Plan to Share IPD: Undecided
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Keywords provided by Innowage Limited: Sound healing with tuning forks
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Fatigue

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Apr 3, 2023