The adolescent HIV executive function and drumming (AHEAD) study, afeasibility trial of a group drumming intervention amongst adolescents with HIV

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dc.contributor.authorKirsten Rowe
dc.contributor.authorJulia Ruiz Pozuelo
dc.contributor.authorAlecia Nickless
dc.contributor.authorAbsolum David Nkosi
dc.contributor.authorAndeline Dos Santos
dc.contributor.authorKathleen Kahn
dc.contributor.authorStephen Tollman
dc.contributor.authorRyan G Wagner
dc.contributor.authorGaia Scerif
dc.contributor.authorAlan Stein
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-04T05:37:31Z
dc.date.available2024-03-04T05:37:31Z
dc.date.issued2023-04-11
dc.description.abstractAHEAD feasibility trial assessed the feasibility and acceptability of an 8-session group drummingprogramme aiming to improve executive function, depression and anxiety symptoms, andperceived social support in adolescents living with HIV in a rural low-income South Africansetting. Sixty-eight 12- to 19-year-old adolescents participated. They were individuallyrandomised. The intervention arm (n= 34) received weekly hour-long group drumming sessions.Controls (n= 34) received no intervention. Feasibility and acceptability were assessed usingrates of: enrolment; retention; attendance; logistical problems; adolescent-reportedacceptability. Secondary measures included:five Oxford Cognitive Screen-Executive Function(OCS-EF) tasks; two Rapid Assessment of Cognitive and Emotional Regulation (RACER) tasks; theSelf-Reporting Questionnaire-20 (SRQ-20) measuring depression and anxiety symptoms; theMultidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). All feasibility criteria were withingreen progression limits. Enrolment, retention, and acceptability were high. There was a positiveeffect on adolescent depressed mood with signal for a working memory effect. There were nosignificant effects on executive function or socio-emotional scales. Qualitativefindingssuggested socio-emotional benefits including: group belonging; decreased internalised stigma;improved mood; decreased anxiety. Group drumming is a feasible and acceptable interventionamongst adolescents living with HIV in rural South Africa. A full-scale trial is recommended.
dc.description.librarianPM2023
dc.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/37741
dc.language.isoen
dc.schoolPublic Health
dc.subjectHIV; adolescents; executivefunction; trial; drumming;mental health
dc.titleThe adolescent HIV executive function and drumming (AHEAD) study, afeasibility trial of a group drumming intervention amongst adolescents with HIV
dc.typeArticle
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