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The Sound Mind Warrior Study: Using Sound Technology to Combat Stress in Military Service Members

Sigma Global Nursing · Double-blind randomized controlled trial; conference report

Original publication

Attributed extracts from the research record

“When placed under an acute stressor after using music embedded with BBT, participants showed a decrease in sympathetic response and an increased in parasympathetic response. Those who used music alone had the opposite effect. In other words, those who did not use the technology exhibited more cardiovascular signs of chronic stress exposure.”

Evidence and provenance

Chapter Trust Factor uses a minimum of three distinct qualifying studies. Publication records retain their own evidence and assessment.

Study design and assessment
design
Double-blind randomized controlled trial; conference report
assessment
category
double-blind-rct
peer Reviewed
false
basis
The conference abstract and journal report describe the same 74-person military trial, with music plus or minus binaural beats over four weeks. The Sound Mind Warrior register records randomization and participant/investigator masking. These reports count as one trial.
sources

https://stti.confex.com/stti/congrs16/webprogram/Paper78473.html · https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02328690

assessed At
2026-10-27
review Scope
Primary abstract or specified methods and trial register; comprehensive full-text risk-of-bias assessment not completed.
trust Factor
score
3
scope
Paper
status
assessed
randomized Controlled Trial
true
blinding
double
peer Reviewed
false
basis
The conference abstract and journal report describe the same 74-person military trial, with music plus or minus binaural beats over four weeks. The Sound Mind Warrior register records randomization and participant/investigator masking. These reports count as one trial.
sources

https://stti.confex.com/stti/congrs16/webprogram/Paper78473.html · https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02328690

review Scope
Existing publication-specific assessments and bibliographic indexing; no blanket full-text appraisal.
assessed At
2026-10-27
jadad
status
unassessed
score
Not recorded
evidence
trial Id
NCT02328690
Topics and recorded topic scores
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    Brain entrainment, pain, anxiety and heart-rate variability
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    sound
    trust Score
    3
  2. key
    sound:xx
    title
    Brain entrainment, pain, anxiety and heart-rate variability in at-risk communities
    collection
    sound
    trust Score
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Citation snapshot and identifiers
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src-6d277422d0a0
doi
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pmid
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citation Snapshot
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citations By Collection
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Complete approved library record
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src-6d277422d0a0
publication Key
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aliases
None recorded
title
The Sound Mind Warrior Study: Using Sound Technology to Combat Stress in Military Service Members
journal
Sigma Global Nursing
neurotransmitters
None recorded
year
Not recorded
authors
design
Double-blind randomized controlled trial; conference report
kind
Source record
identity Conflict
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doi
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urls

https://www.sigmarepository.org/inrc/2016/presentations_2016/143/

collections

sound

categories

Heart rate & autonomic

targets
None recorded
priority
1
quotes

“When placed under an acute stressor after using music embedded with BBT, participants showed a decrease in sympathetic response and an increased in parasympathetic response. Those who used music alone had the opposite effect. In other words, those who did not use the technology exhibited more cardiovascular signs of chronic stress exposure.”

summary
limitation
citation Count
Not recorded
study Design Assessment
category
double-blind-rct
peer Reviewed
false
basis
The conference abstract and journal report describe the same 74-person military trial, with music plus or minus binaural beats over four weeks. The Sound Mind Warrior register records randomization and participant/investigator masking. These reports count as one trial.
sources

https://stti.confex.com/stti/congrs16/webprogram/Paper78473.html · https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02328690

assessed At
2026-10-27
review Scope
Primary abstract or specified methods and trial register; comprehensive full-text risk-of-bias assessment not completed.
paper Trust Assessment
score
3
scope
Paper
status
assessed
randomized Controlled Trial
true
blinding
double
peer Reviewed
false
basis
The conference abstract and journal report describe the same 74-person military trial, with music plus or minus binaural beats over four weeks. The Sound Mind Warrior register records randomization and participant/investigator masking. These reports count as one trial.
sources

https://stti.confex.com/stti/congrs16/webprogram/Paper78473.html · https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02328690

review Scope
Existing publication-specific assessments and bibliographic indexing; no blanket full-text appraisal.
assessed At
2026-10-27
citations By Collection
sound
Not recorded
topics
  1. key
    sound:i
    title
    Brain entrainment, pain, anxiety and heart-rate variability
    collection
    sound
    trust Score
    3
  2. key
    sound:xx
    title
    Brain entrainment, pain, anxiety and heart-rate variability in at-risk communities
    collection
    sound
    trust Score
    Not recorded
journal Key
journal Label
Sigma Global Nursing
chapter Entries
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    The Sound Mind Warrior Study: Using Sound Technology to Combat Stress in Military Service Members
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    Double-blind randomized controlled trial; conference report
    urls

    https://www.sigmarepository.org/inrc/2016/presentations_2016/143/

    quotes
      1. text
        “When placed under an acute stressor after using music embedded with BBT, participants showed a decrease in sympathetic response and an increased in parasympathetic response. Those who used music alone had the opposite effect. In other words, those who did not use the technology exhibited more cardiovascular signs of chronic stress exposure.”
        emphasis
        false
    citation Count
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    source Pages

    7

    targets
    None recorded
    categories

    Heart rate & autonomic

    doi
    Not recorded
    pmid
    Not recorded
    paper Trust Assessment
    score
    3
    scope
    Paper
    status
    assessed
    randomized Controlled Trial
    true
    blinding
    double
    peer Reviewed
    false
    basis
    The conference abstract and journal report describe the same 74-person military trial, with music plus or minus binaural beats over four weeks. The Sound Mind Warrior register records randomization and participant/investigator masking. These reports count as one trial.
    sources

    https://stti.confex.com/stti/congrs16/webprogram/Paper78473.html · https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02328690

    review Scope
    Existing publication-specific assessments and bibliographic indexing; no blanket full-text appraisal.
    assessed At
    2026-10-27
    study Design Assessment
    category
    double-blind-rct
    peer Reviewed
    false
    basis
    The conference abstract and journal report describe the same 74-person military trial, with music plus or minus binaural beats over four weeks. The Sound Mind Warrior register records randomization and participant/investigator masking. These reports count as one trial.
    sources

    https://stti.confex.com/stti/congrs16/webprogram/Paper78473.html · https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02328690

    assessed At
    2026-10-27
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    The Sound Mind Warrior Study: Using Sound Technology to Combat Stress in Military Service Members
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    Sigma Global Nursing
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    authors
    design
    Double-blind randomized controlled trial; conference report
    urls

    https://www.sigmarepository.org/inrc/2016/presentations_2016/143/

    quotes
      1. text
        “When placed under an acute stressor after using music embedded with binaural beat , participants showed a decrease in sympathetic response and an increased in parasympathetic response. Those who used music alone had the opposite effect. In other words, those who did not use the technology exhibited more cardiovascular signs of chronic stress exposure.”
        emphasis
        false
    citation Count
    Not recorded
    source Pages

    90

    targets
    None recorded
    categories

    Heart rate & autonomic

    doi
    Not recorded
    pmid
    Not recorded
    paper Trust Assessment
    score
    3
    scope
    Paper
    status
    assessed
    randomized Controlled Trial
    true
    blinding
    double
    peer Reviewed
    false
    basis
    The conference abstract and journal report describe the same 74-person military trial, with music plus or minus binaural beats over four weeks. The Sound Mind Warrior register records randomization and participant/investigator masking. These reports count as one trial.
    sources

    https://stti.confex.com/stti/congrs16/webprogram/Paper78473.html · https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02328690

    review Scope
    Existing publication-specific assessments and bibliographic indexing; no blanket full-text appraisal.
    assessed At
    2026-10-27
    study Design Assessment
    category
    double-blind-rct
    peer Reviewed
    false
    basis
    The conference abstract and journal report describe the same 74-person military trial, with music plus or minus binaural beats over four weeks. The Sound Mind Warrior register records randomization and participant/investigator masking. These reports count as one trial.
    sources

    https://stti.confex.com/stti/congrs16/webprogram/Paper78473.html · https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02328690

    assessed At
    2026-10-27
    review Scope
    Primary abstract or specified methods and trial register; comprehensive full-text risk-of-bias assessment not completed.
    evidence
    trial Id
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    sound
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    Brain entrainment, pain, anxiety and heart-rate variability in at-risk communities
    trust Score
    Not recorded
evidence
trial Id
NCT02328690
jadad
status
unassessed
score
Not recorded
condition Evidence
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    1. field
      title
      text
      The Sound Mind Warrior Study: Using Sound Technology to Combat Stress in Military Service Members
      matched Text
      Stress
conditions

stress

topic Trust Scores

3

full Text
status
not-indexed
retrieval Available
false

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