Key result
Music therapy significantly reduced systolic blood pressure, heart rate, and anxiety levels in older adults with hypertension compared with the control group.
Why the study?
Hypertension frequency increases with age and increases mortality, while music therapy as a nonpharmacological treatment may have positive effects on the body and mind.
Does music therapy reduce blood pressure, heart rate, and anxiety levels in older adults with hypertension living in a nursing home?
RCT (n=60)
randomly divided
No
Does music therapy reduce blood pressure, heart rate, and anxiety levels in older adults with hypertension living in a nursing home?
Music therapy is a safe, nonpharmacological intervention that significantly reduces systolic blood pressure, heart rate, and anxiety levels in older adults with hypertension.
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Supports music therapy as a safe adjunct for hypertension in nursing home residents; extends RCT evidence for nonpharmacological interventions in older adults.
Hypertension is a serious medical condition, the frequency of which increases significantly with age; has a negative impact on certain health complications; and increases the rate of mortality. Music therapy as a nonpharmacological treatment has many positive effects on an individual's body and mind. A randomized controlled trial was used to evaluate the effects of music therapy on blood pressure, heart rate, and anxiety levels in older adults with hypertension living in a nursing home. Sixty older adults were randomly divided into experimental and control groups ( n = 30 each). Significant reductions in systolic blood pressure, heart rate, and anxiety levels were found in older adults with hypertension receiving music therapy compared with the control group. The current study confirms music therapy as a safe, noninvasive, nonpharmacological, and cost-effective intervention for reducing blood pressure, heart rate, and anxiety levels in older adults with hypertension. [ Research in Gerontological Nursing, 15 (2), 85–92.]
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Lorber et al. (2022) conducted an RCT in Hypertension (n=60). Music therapy vs. Control group was evaluated on Blood pressure, heart rate, and anxiety levels. Music therapy significantly reduced systolic blood pressure, heart rate, and anxiety levels in older adults with hypertension compared with the control group.
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