NCT07013669

Receptive Music Interventions During Intradermal Testing in Children

Receptive Music Interventions During Intradermal Testing in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Solfeggio Frequencies and Turkish Classical Music on Pain and Parental Anxiety

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hilal Gungor · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study summary and design were to assess procedural anxiety and stress in parents and pain perception in children during intradermal testing. Music medicine was incorporated into the study design as a nonpharmacological intervention. Two distinct auditory modalities were used: solfeggio frequencies-174 Hz, 285 Hz, 396 Hz, and 528 Hz-which have been suggested to interact with the human energy field through resonance-based mechanisms, and Turkish classical musical modes (makams), such as Rast, Hicaz, Uşşak, Neva, and Saba, which are modal systems that include microtonal intervals and follow specific melodic progressions that are often associated with different emotional and spiritual effects as well as sensory and emotional regulation potential.

Conditions

• Music Therapy
• Anxiety
• Pain Management
• Skin Tests
• Child

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Receptive Music Therapy - Solfeggio Frequencies	Music featuring Solfeggio frequencies (174 Hz, 285 Hz, 396 Hz, 528 Hz) is played through standardized speakers in a sound-isolated room during IDT. Duration includes five minutes before and throughout the procedure
BEHAVIORAL	Receptive Music Therapy - Traditional Turkish Music	Selected Turkish Classical Music pieces (makams: Rast, Hicaz, Uşşak, Neva, Saba) are played via speakers in a sound-isolated room during IDT. Music begins five minutes prior and continues during the procedure.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-05-14
• Primary completion: 2025-07-06
• Completion: 2025-07-14
• First posted: 2025-06-10
• Last updated: 2025-12-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)