Study protocol of a randomized control trial on the effectiveness of improvisational music therapy for autistic children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Music therapy is the clinical use of musical interventions to improve mental and physical health across multiple domains, including social communication. Autistic children, who have difficulties in social communication and often increased anxiety, tend to show a strong preference for music, because it can be structured and systematic, and therefore more predictable than social interaction. This makes music therapy a promising medium for therapeutic support and intervention. Previous clinical trials of music therapy compared to traditional therapy for autistic children have shown encouraging but nevertheless mixed results.

Key aims

The primary aim is to conduct a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of improvisational music therapy for autistic children and test its e

SUBMITTER: Jaschke AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11437930 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature