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Boyde C, Berger B, Längler A, Neugebauer L, Jacobsen SL, Swanick R, Gaebel C, Schneider D, Bernbeck B, Paulussen M, Ostermann T, Hunger-Schoppe C. Interaction-focused music therapy with cancer-affected children and their significant others: a randomized controlled feasibility study with subsequent intervention (INMUT). Pilot Feasibility Stud 2024; 10:86. [PMID: 38807165 PMCID: PMC11131283 DOI: 10.1186/s40814-024-01490-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Paediatric oncology/haematology patients and their families are confronted with a life-threatening situation for which music therapy can be a cross-linguistic field of action. The creative act of making music together offers the possibility to strengthen competences and make conflicts tangible. Besides its complementing of evidence-based biomedical care, there is little research on the feasibility and efficacy of interactive music therapy including the diagnosed child and their significant others. METHODS We conducted an assessor blind, prospective, multicentric feasibility randomized controlled trial (RCT) with subsequent intervention. Including overall 52 child-significant other dyads, INMUT investigates interaction-focused music therapy with cancer-affected children and their significant others (INMUT-KB; n = 21) compared to music therapy only with the child (MUT-K; n = 21) and a wait-list group (WLG; n = 10). The measurement points include the screening for a cancer diagnosis, psychometric baseline (pre-T1), initial assessment (T1/T2), music therapy sessions (T3-T9), final assessment (T10), final psychometric evaluation (post-T10), and 3-month follow-up (cat-T11). Feasibility and acceptability of the (1) research methodology, (2) intervention and (3) estimation of effect sizes will be assessed using qualitative and quantitative data. The proposed primary outcome includes the parent-child interaction (APCI), and the proposed secondary outcomes refer to subjective goal achievement (GAS), quality of life (KINDL), system-related functional level (EXIS), psychosocial stress (BAS), psychosomatic complaints (SCL-9k), and resources (WIRF). We plan to investigate the efficacy of INMUT-KB and MUT-K post-intervention (post-T10) within the RCT design and at 3-month follow-up (cat-T11). DISCUSSION This study will provide insights into the feasibility of INMUT and the final sample needed for a confirmatory RCT. We will reflect on successfully implemented study procedures and, if necessary, provide recommendations for changes considering the design, procedures, measures, and statistical analyses. The discussion will conclude with an evaluation whether a confirmatory RCT is worth the investment of future resources, including the calculated number of child-significant other dyads needed based on the efficacy trends derived from this feasibility study. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05534282; date of registration: June 23, 2022.
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Affiliation(s)
- Constance Boyde
- Faculty of Health, Departement of Psychology and Psychotherapy, Chair for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy III, Witten/Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Strasse 50, Witten, 58455, Germany.
- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Community Hospital Herdecke, Gerhard-Kienle-Weg 4, Herdecke, 58313, Germany.
- Interprofessional Graduate School of Integrative Medicine and Health Sciences (IGIM), Witten/Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Strasse 50, Witten, 58455, Germany.
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- Interprofessional Graduate School of Integrative Medicine and Health Sciences (IGIM), Witten/Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Strasse 50, Witten, 58455, Germany
- Faculty of Health, Department of Human Medicine, Chair for Medical Theory, Integrative and Anthroposophic Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, Gerhard-Kienle-Weg 4, Herdecke, 58313, Germany
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Community Hospital Herdecke, Gerhard-Kienle-Weg 4, Herdecke, 58313, Germany
- Faculty of Health, Department of Human Medicine, Chair for Paediatrics, Witten/Herdecke University, Dr. Friedrich-Steiner-Strasse 5, Datteln, 45711, Germany
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- Nordoff/Robbins Centre for Music Therapy Witten, Ruhrstrasse 70, Witten, 58452, Germany
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- Department of Communication and Psychology, Faculty of Sciences and Humanities, Aalborg University, Rendsburggade 14, Aalborg, 9000, Denmark
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- Chroma Therapies Ltd., Overross House, Ross Park, Ross-On-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 7US, UK
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- Institute of Medical Psychology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Bergheimer Str. 20, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Clinic for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Clinic Centre Dortmund, Beurhausstrasse 40, Dortmund, 44137, Germany
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- Clinic for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Clinic Centre Dortmund, Beurhausstrasse 40, Dortmund, 44137, Germany
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- Faculty of Health, Department of Human Medicine, Chair for Paediatrics, Witten/Herdecke University, Dr. Friedrich-Steiner-Strasse 5, Datteln, 45711, Germany
- Vestic Children's Hospital, Dr. Friedrich-Steiner-Strasse 5, Datteln, 45711, Germany
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- Faculty of Health, Department of Psychology and Psychotherapy, Witten/Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Strasse 50, Witten, 58455, Germany
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- Faculty of Health, Departement of Psychology and Psychotherapy, Chair for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy III, Witten/Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Strasse 50, Witten, 58455, Germany
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Hunger-Schoppe C, Schweitzer J, Hilzinger R, Krempel L, Deußer L, Sander A, Bents H, Mander J, Lieb H. Integrative systemic and family therapy for social anxiety disorder: Manual and practice in a pilot randomized controlled trial (SOPHO-CBT/ST). Front Psychol 2022; 13:867246. [PMID: 36405178 PMCID: PMC9674087 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.867246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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Social anxiety disorders (SAD) are among the most prevalent mental disorders (lifetime prevalence: 7-12%), with high impact on the life of an affected social system and its individual social system members. We developed a manualized disorder-specific integrative systemic and family therapy (ISFT) for SAD, and evaluated its feasibility in a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT). The ISFT is inspired by Helm Stierlin's concept of related individuation developed during the early 1980s, which has since continued to be refined. It integrates solution-focused language, social network diagnostics, and genogram work, as well as resource- and problem orientation for both case conceptualization and therapy planning. Post-Milan symptom prescription to fluidize the presented symptoms is one of the core interventions in the ISFT. Theoretically, the IFST is grounded in radical constructivism and "Cybern-Ethics," multi-directional partiality, and a both/and attitude toward a disorder-specific vs. non-disorder-specific therapy approach. SAD is understood from the viewpoint of social systems theory, especially in adaptation to a socio-psycho-biological explanatory model of social anxiety. In a prospective multicenter, assessor-blind pilot RCT, we included 38 clients with SAD (ICD F40.1; Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, LSAS-SR > 30): 18 patients participated in the ISFT, and 20 patients in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT; age: M = 36 years, SD = 14). Within-group, simple-effect intention-to-treat analyses showed significant reduction in social anxiety (LSAS-SR; ISFT: d = 1.67; CBT: d = 1.04), while intention-to-treat mixed-design ANOVA demonstrated the advantage of ISFT (d = 0.81). Per-protocol analyses supported these results. The remission rate based on blind diagnosticians' ratings was good to satisfactory (Structured Clinical Interview, SCID; 78% in ST, 45% in CBT, p = 0.083); this has yet to be verified in a subsequent confirmatory RCT. The article will present the ISFT rationale and manual, including a special focus on multi-person settings, and the central findings from our pilot RCT.
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Affiliation(s)
- Christina Hunger-Schoppe
- Department of Psychology and Psychotherapy, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany
- Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Helm Stierlin Institute, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Bergische University Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Center for Psychological Psychotherapy, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Psychological Psychotherapy, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Psychological Psychotherapy, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Private Practitioner, Edenkoben, Germany
- Institute of Systemic Training and Development, Weinheim, Germany
- Institute of Behaviour Therapy, Bad Dürkheim, Germany
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Systemische Therapie und soziale Ängste im Erwachsenenalter. PSYCHOTHERAPEUT 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s00278-021-00539-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Zusammenfassung
Hintergrund
Soziale Angststörungen zählen zu den häufigsten Angststörungen in der Allgemeinbevölkerung. Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über verschiedene systemtherapeutische Ansätze zur Behandlung sozialer Ängste und die Evidenz störungsspezifischer Systemischer Therapie bei diagnostizierten sozialen Angststörungen.
Material und Methoden
Entlang zuvor festgelegter Kriterien und über elektronische Suchmaschinen (PsycINFO, PSYNDEX, Google Scholar) erfolgte eine Auswahl systemtherapeutischer Arbeiten zur Behandlung sozialer Ängste und zur Erfassung der Wirksamkeit bei der systemtherapeutischen Behandlung diagnostizierter sozialer Angststörungen.
Ergebnisse
Es fanden sich 6 Ansätze einer Systemischen Therapie sozialer Ängste und 3 Wirksamkeitsstudien zu diagnostizierten sozialen Angststörungen. Die systemtherapeutischen Ansätze fokussieren ressourcenorientierte, problemaktualisierende, symptomverschreibende und systemtherapeutisch-integrative Interventionen. Die Wirksamkeitsstudien berichten Vorteile der Systemischen Therapie gegenüber den Vergleichsbedingungen mit Blick auf v. a. die patientenbezogene Symptomreduktion sozialer Ängste. In einem Fall wurde auch die bezugspersonenbezogene Reduktion psychosozialer Belastungen erfasst. Es werden zumeist Systemische Therapien im Einzelsetting und weniger im Mehrpersonensetting realisiert.
Schlussfolgerung
Die Systemische Therapie verfügt über vielfältige und effektive Ansätze zur Behandlung sozialer Ängste und diagnostizierter sozialer Angststörungen. Zukünftige Forschung und Praxis sollte sich verstärkt der symptom- und gleichfalls systembezogenen Perspektive auf betroffene soziale Systeme unter Einbezug aller bedeutsamen Systemmitglieder widmen. Diese Betrachtungsweise sollte auch stärker in systemtherapeutischen Ansätzen im Mehrpersonensetting zum Ausdruck kommen.
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Hunger C, Hilzinger R, Klewinghaus L, Deusser L, Sander A, Mander J, Bents H, Ditzen B, Schweitzer J. Comparing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Systemic Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder: Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial (SOPHO-CBT/ST). FAMILY PROCESS 2020; 59:1389-1406. [PMID: 31657011 DOI: 10.1111/famp.12492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This randomized controlled trial (RCT) aimed to pilot the newly developed manualized and monitored systemic therapy (ST) for social anxiety disorder (SAD), as compared to manualized and monitored cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). We conducted a prospective multicenter, assessor-blind pilot RCT on 38 outpatients (ICD F40.1; Structured Clinical Interview for DSM (SCID); Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, LSAS-SR >30). The primary outcome was level of social anxiety (LSAS-SR) at the end of treatment. A total of 252 persons were screened, and 38 patients were randomized and started therapy (CBT: 20 patients; ST: 18 patients; age: M = 36 years, SD = 14). Within-group, simple-effect intent-to-treat analyses (ITT) showed significant reduction in LSAS-SR (CBT:d = 1.04; ST:d = 1.67), while ITT mixed-design ANOVA demonstrated the advantage of ST (d = 0.81). Per-protocol analyses supported these results. Remission based on reliable change indices also demonstrated significant difference (LSAS-SR: 15% in CBT; 39% in ST;h: 0.550), supported by blind diagnosticians' ratings of those who completed therapy (SCID; 45% in CBT, 78% in ST,p = .083). No adverse events were reported. CBT and ST both reduced social anxiety, supporting patient improvement with the newly developed ST for SAD; this has yet to be verified in a subsequent confirmatory RCT.
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Affiliation(s)
- Christina Hunger
- Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Psychological Psychotherapy, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Psychological Psychotherapy, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Abstract
Zusammenfassung
Hintergrund
Die Studie untersuchte Therapeuteneffekte bei der Psychotherapie der sozialen Angststörung unter Verwendung von 3 methodischen Ansätzen: 1. Varianzen zufälliger Effekte, 2. Effekte soziodemografischer Variablen und 3. eine Disaggregation von therapeutischer Beziehung und nonverbaler Synchronisation in einen „Between“- und einen „Within“-Anteil der Therapeutenvarianz sowie deren Vorhersage des Outcome.
Material und Methoden
Die Patienten wurden mit manualisierter supportiver-expressiver Therapie (n = 54), manualisierter kognitiver Verhaltenstherapie (n = 102) oder naturalistischer kognitiver Verhaltenstherapie (n = 111) behandelt (insgesamt n = 267). Es wurden Patientenbeurteilungen interpersonaler Probleme (Inventar zur Erfassung interpersonaler Probleme, IIP-32), von Depressionssymptomen (Beck-Depressions-Inventar, BDI) und der therapeutischen Beziehung (Helping Alliance Questionnaire, HAQ) erfasst. Die nonverbale Synchronisation wurde mithilfe der Motion Energy Analysis und zeitreihenanalytischer Verfahren quantifiziert. Die Zusammenhangsanalysen erfolgten mit Mehrebenenmodellen.
Ergebnisse
Alter und Geschlecht des Therapeuten waren nicht prädiktiv für die zum Therapieende gemessenen IIP-32- und BDI-Werte. Therapeuteneffekte in Form zufälliger Effekte (Intra-Klassen-Korrelation [ICC] = 23,4 % bzw. 30,1 %) erklärten ein Vielfaches mehr an Outcome-Varianz als das Therapieverfahren (ICC = 6 % bzw. ICC = 1,6 %). Bei der nonverbalen Synchronisation waren Between-therapist- und Within-therapist-Anteil mit der Reduktion des IIP-32 assoziiert. Der Between-therapist-Anteil des HAQ sagte eine Reduktion des BDI vorher.
Schlussfolgerung
Bei der Behandlung sozialer Ängste sind Therapeuteneffekte bedeutsamer als das Therapieverfahren. Desgleichen waren die Therapeutenanteile bei den prozessrelevanten Variablen therapeutische Beziehung und nonverbale Synchronisation bedeutsamer als die patienten- bzw. dyadenspezifischen Anteile.
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