Musical Therapy as a Complementary Treatment of Hypertension
Conditions
Keywords
music therapy, hypertension, Asian, stage-2 hypertension
Brief summary
A randomized controlled trial was conducted in a tertiary care hospital, Khon Kaen province, Thailand. Sixty participants were randomized to music listening group and control group. The music listening group was assigned to listen to 30-minute instrumental folk music everyday for one month. Home BP and office BP were monitored and recorded.
Interventions
OTHERinstrumental folk music
The music was composed and edited by a professor of Folk Musical Department, Faculty of Arts, Khon Kaen University. There were total of 6 songs, 32-minute length. The music was slow-instrumental, 60-80 beats per minute and ranged between 40-60 decibel levels.
Sponsors
Khon Kaen University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Intervention model description
Randomised control trial
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 40-80 years old * Diagnosed stage-2 hypertension (HT) (defined by office systolic blood pressure \>= 140mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure \>= 90 mm Hg at first hospital visit)
Exclusion criteria
* Pregnant women, white-coat HT, secondary HT and hearing loss or blind.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from baseline of home systolic and diastolic blood pressure at day 30th | Day 0th (baseline) to day 30th. | Home blood pressure of participant was monitored and recorded. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from baseline of office systolic and diastolic blood pressure at day 120th | Day 0th and day 120th | Office blood pressure was measured at day 0th (baseline) and at day 120th (3-month follow up). |
Countries
Thailand
Outcome results
None listed