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Relational Music Therapy Procedural Support for Paediatric Patients and Families Facing Repeated Invasive Procedures
Sponsor: Anglia Ruskin University
Summary
This study explores how personalised music therapy can support children and their parents during repeated medical procedures, such as blood tests or injections. Many children find these procedures painful or frightening, and repeated experiences can lead to high anxiety and difficulty coping. Parents often feel distressed as well, which can affect how well they are able to support their child. Because children and parents regulate each other emotionally, helping both members of the pair is important for reducing distress. This study aims to explore how personalised music therapy-based procedural support (MTPS) influences the relational and emotional processes that help children and their parents cope, regulate, and build resilience during repeated medical procedures.
Official title: Relational Regulation: A Relational Approach to Music Therapy-based Procedural Support for Paediatric Patients and Families Facing Repeated Invasive Procedures
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
5 Years - 12 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
20
Start Date
2026-09
Completion Date
2027-01
Last Updated
2026-07-02
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Music Therapy-Based Procedural Support (MTPS)
Each participating dyad will take part in 2-5 preparatory music therapy sessions to familiarise them with the MTPS intervention. These sessions: * Introduce the child and parent to personalised music-based strategies. * Help the therapist understand what kinds of sounds, rhythms, or musical approaches help the child feel safe and regulated. * Give the parent tools to support their child's coping. During two or more of the child's routine medical procedures, the music therapist will be present to provide real-time music therapy-based support. This may include singing, rhythmic grounding, breathing with music, or familiar musical elements chosen with the family. The intervention is tailored to each child and family and aims to support emotional regulation, coping, and parent-child co-regulation during repeated invasive procedures.