A 30-day daily 20-minute music therapy intervention using Raga Todi significantly reduced systolic blood pressure from 136.3 to 130.2 mm Hg in healthy elderly men.
RCT (n=80)
Randomized
No
Does a 20-minute daily session of Raga Todi music therapy reduce blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiratory rate in healthy elderly men?
Daily 20-minute sessions of Hindustani classical music (Raga Todi) significantly reduced blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate in healthy elderly men over 30 days.
Absolute Event Rate: 130.2% vs 136.5%
p-value: p=<0.001
Several studies have indicated that music therapy may affect cardiovascular health; in particular, it may bring positive changes in blood pressure levels and heart rate, thereby improving the overall quality of life. Hence, to regulate blood pressure, music therapy may be regarded as a significant complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The respiratory rate, if maintained within the normal range, may promote good cardiac health. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the changes in blood pressure, pulse rate and respiratory rate in healthy and disease-free males (age 50-60 years), at the completion of 30 days of music therapy intervention. Eighty healthy males were divided randomly into the experimental and the control group. Subjects of the experimental group were exposed to music therapy (a twentyminute instrumental session of Raga Todi of Hindustani Classical Music), whereas the control group was not exposed to the raga and were only kept quite at rest for the same period of time, during the period of intervention. Before and after the intervention, blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiratory rate of the subjects were measured. It was found that the values of blood pressure, pulse rate and respiratory rate showed significant (p 0.05). Thus it may be concluded that raga Todi of Hindustani Classical Music has the potential to bring down the blood pressure levels and thereby may restrict the development of cardiovascular disorders.
Chatterjee et al. (Wed,) conducted a rct in Healthy asymptomatic males (n=80). Music therapy (Raga Todi of Hindustani Classical Music) vs. Resting for 20 minutes was evaluated on Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) (p=<0.001). A 30-day daily 20-minute music therapy intervention using Raga Todi significantly reduced systolic blood pressure from 136.3 to 130.2 mm Hg in healthy elderly men.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: