A Single-center, Single Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol of Therapeutic Listening Programme Versus Traditional Music Therapy on Depression and Quality of Life in Institutionalized Adolescents

Introduction: Depression is a typical, constant, and debilitating issue occurring during adolescence andinfluencing near fourth of all grown-ups. In adolescents, depression related with impaired social connections,lower educational accomplishment, poor scholarly execution, family brokenness, physical sickwellbeing expanded danger self-destruction. Music therapy intervention could essentially diminishedsymptoms depression, increased cognitive functioning improved quality lifeObjective: To determine the effects therapeutic listening programme versus traditional music onDepression Quality Life in Institutionalized Adolescents.Method: A single-center, single blinded, two group pretest-posttest randomized controlled trial 36institutionalized adolescents will be recruited through simple random sampling. Recruitedinstitutionalized into one groups namely, listeningprogramme block randomization. Both willreceive their respective interventions for 30 minutes day, 2 days week 8 weeks. Participants dancegroup performed, dance 3 days/week 6 The primary outcome measures willbe Children’s Inventory (CDI) Youth Instrument – Short Form (YQOL-SF).Urine test electroencephalogram (EEG) recorded addition to CDI YQOL-SF. All theoutcome measured at baseline weeks post intervention.Results: Normality collected data analyzed using Shapiro-Wilk normality. Descriptivestatistics expressed mean±Standard deviation/mean (95% confidence interval) range andparametric tests/non-parametric tests, paired t-test/Wilcoxon signed rank independent t-test/MannWhitney U-test used within between comparisons based on normality.Conclusion: study outlines importance institutionalizedadolescents depression. Successful completion this RCT create evidence best treatmentoptions institutionalized