Effects of Improvisational Music Therapy vs Enhanced Standard Care on Symptom Severity Among Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: The TIME-A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Music therapy may facilitate skills in areas affected by autism spectrum disorder (ASD), such as social interaction and communication.

Objective

To evaluate effects of improvisational music therapy on generalized social communication skills of children with ASD.

Design, setting, and participants

Assessor-blinded, randomized clinical trial, conducted in 9 countries and enrolling children aged 4 to 7 years with ASD. Children were recruited from November 2011 to November 2015, with follow-up between January 2012 and November 2016.

Interventions

Enhanced standard care (n = 182) vs enhanced standard care plus improvisational music therapy (n = 182), allocated in a 1:1 ratio. Enhanced standard care consisted of usual care as locally available plus parent c

SUBMITTER: Bieleninik L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5817481 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature