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Table 1 Representation of primary and secondary outcomes, their labels and timepoints of administration

From: Music therapy, neural processing, and craving reduction: an RCT protocol for a mixed methods feasibility study in a Community Substance Misuse Treatment Service

Outcome

Measure label

Measure timepoints

Primary outcome

 Feasibility and acceptability

Participant satisfaction survey

At Week 8

Attendance sheet

After each session

Exit questionnaire

Following disengagement with intervention

Focus group

At Week 9

Secondary outcomes

 Substance use

 (a) Days of primary substance used

 (b) Usage of primary substance per day

 Physical Wellbeing

 Mental Wellbeing

 Overall Quality of Life

Treatment Outcome Profile (TOP)

Baseline and Week 8 (end of treatment)

 Retention in treatment completion rate

WDP Case management system

At week 11

 Substance craving

Brief Substance Craving Scale (BSCS)

Baseline and week 8 (end of treatment)

 Neural correlates of substance craving

Beta frequency band/resting state

Baseline and week 8 (end of treatment)

 Levels of depressive symptoms

Patient Health Questionnaire–9 (PHQ-9)

Baseline and week 8 (end of treatment)

 Neural correlates of depressive symptoms

FAA/resting state

Baseline and week 8 (end of treatment)

 Levels of anxiety

Generalised Anxiety Disorder–7 (GAD–7)

Baseline and week 8 (end of treatment)

 Neural correlates of anxiety symptoms

FMT/resting state

Baseline and week 8 (end of treatment)

 Inhibitory control

Visual behavioral Go/No-Go task

Baseline and week 8 (end of treatment)

 Neural correlates of inhibitory control

EEG event-related potential (ERP) P3

Baseline and week 8 (end of treatment)

 Therapeutic alliance

The Helping Alliance Questionnaire–II

After IMT session 2 and 5

 Moments of therapeutic interest

Semi-structured Interview

After IMT session 2 and 5

Audio-visual data

During IMT session 2 and 5