Journal article
Effects of improvisational music therapy vs enhanced standard care on symptom severity among children with autism spectrum disorder: The TIME-A randomized clinical trial
Ł Bieleninik, M Geretsegger, K Mössler, J Assmus, G Thompson, G Gattino, C Elefant, T Gottfried, R Igliozzi, F Muratori, F Suvini, J Kim, MJ Crawford, H Odell-Miller, A Oldfield, Ó Casey, J Finnemann, J Carpente, AL Park, E Grossi Show all
JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association | Published : 2017
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. Enhanc..
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Awarded by American Music Therapy Association
Funding Acknowledgements
This trial was funded by the Research Council of Norway (grant 213844, the Clinical Research and Mental Health Programmes). Additional funding was provided by the POLYFON Knowledge Cluster for Music Therapy, The Grieg Academy Department of Music, University of Bergen. Funding for the individual countries came from the following sources: Australia: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, The University of Melbourne; Austria: Danish Council for Independent Research/Humanities (FKK), Aalborg University, and Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna; Brazil: Research Incentive Fund (FIPE) of the Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA); Italy: IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, Pisa, and University of Pisa; Korea: Research Institute of Health and Science, Jeonju University; Norway: Health Authority of Western Norway (Helse Vest grant 911800), Bergen municipality (Bergen Culture School), Fjell municipality (Fjell Culture School); United Kingdom: National Institute for Health Research (Health Technology Assessment Programme, National Institute for Health Research grant 12/167/95), Cambridge and Peterborough Foundation National Health Service Trust, The Evelyn Trust, Cambridgeshire Music, Anglia Ruskin University; United States: Molloy College Faculty research scholarship and a collaborative research grant from the Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Music Therapy Association.