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Musical Training to Enhance Resilience of Underprivileged School-aged Children

Hong Kong174 participantsStarted 2025-09-08

Plain-language summary

This is a multi-centre randomised controlled trial aims to examine the effects of a group-based gamified instrumental musical training in enhancing resilience (primary outcome), reducing psychological distress (depressive symptoms and anxiety), enhancing self-esteem, and improving HRQoL (secondary outcomes) among underprivileged school-aged children at risk of mental health problems (depression and anxiety) during a 12-month follow-up.

Who can participate

Age range8 Years – 12 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Hong Kong Chinese children aged 8-12 years. * Able to read Chinese and communicate in Cantonese/Mandarin. * From low-income families. * Have a risk of mental health problems, specifically depression and/or anxiety (determined through screening during the recruitment process using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children, with a cut-off score of ≥16 indicating a high risk of depression, and/or the State Anxiety Scale for Children, with scores between 36 and 60 indicating a significant level of anxiety) Exclusion Criteria: * Have chronic health conditions, cognitive and learning difficulties * if they or their siblings are currently receiving or have received any music-based interventions before the study.

What they're measuring

Resilience

Timeframe: Change from baseline to 12-month post-intervention

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07165925

SponsorChinese University of Hong Kong

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2027-09-30

Contact for this trial

Tan Cheung, PhD, MPhil

+85239430515 ankiecheung@cuhk.edu.hk

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