Drumming Groups for Parents of Autistic Children
This study is exploring whether group drumming, using a program called HealthRhythms®, can help parents and main caregivers of autistic children with anxiety, stress, and depression, and improve their quality of life. Researchers will measure your stress levels, anxiety, and depressive symptoms before and after an 8-week program. They will also look at how much you feel a sense of belonging and support within the group. You can join if you are 18 years or older, are a parent or main caregiver of an autistic child, and can read and write in English. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status and plans to enroll 10 participants.
- Study design
- This is a pilot study with one group, meaning all 10 participants will receive the drumming intervention. Your anxiety and depression will be measured before and after the 8-week program.
- What's involved
- You would participate in an 8-week drumming group. Your stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms will be measured at the beginning of the first session and at the end of the eighth weekly session.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms will be measured at the end of the 8th weekly session.
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Drumming Groups for Parents of Autistic Children
At a glance
Conditions
NCT07375043
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
Gateway Building, Room 361 & 363, Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizonano site contact published
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Study leadership
- Eugenia Hernandez Ruiz, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Arizona State University
Who to contact
This trial hasn't published a contact. View it on ClinicalTrials.gov
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What this trial measures
- K-10Pretest at the beginning of the first weekly session, and posttest at the end of the 8th weekly session.
Anxiety and depressive symptoms, as measured by the K-10 scale (Kessler et al., 2002). Maximum score is 50, with each of the 10 items scored 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate higher distress. Optimal cutoff scores for clinically significant nonspecific psychological distress and need for treatment: total score =12, Depression = 7, and Anxiety = 3/4 (Lace et al., 2019).
- STAI-SPretest at the beginning of the first weekly session, and posttest at the end of the 8th weekly session.
Measures of state anxiety as measured by the State Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults- Short Form Y1 (STAIAD-S Y1) scale (Spielberger, 1977). Maximum score is 40, with each of the 10 items scored 1 to 4, and four reverse-coded items. Higher scores indicate less anxiety (more wellbeing).
- GTESPosttest at the end of the 8th weekly session.
Group cohesion and acceptability as measured by the Group Therapy Experience Scale (GTES, Marziliano et al., 2018). Maximum score is 80 with each of the 16 items scored from 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate better group experience.