Healing through song: playlist therapy for grieving spouses
NCT ID NCT06445010
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether creating a personal music playlist can help people process grief after losing a spouse or life partner. Thirty participants from a grief support group will work with a researcher to build a playlist and reflect on their experience. The goal is to see if music can improve mental well-being and provide a new way to navigate loss.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Creating a personal music playlist
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, low-cost way to help people cope with grief using music.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early-stage study with only 30 people. It measures feelings and personal reflections, not hard health outcomes. Results may not apply to everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Participant in HopeHealth's Spouse/Life Partner Grief Support group * Sufficient hearing capacity to hear music * Access to a computer, laptop, phone, iPad, or any other technological device that's able to support YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify, or another preferred streaming service * Ability to complete pre- and post-assessments in English. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants who have participated in any music-based intervention for bereavement
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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HopeHealth
Providence, Rhode Island, 02904, United States
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