Effectiveness of Thai Northeastern Folk Musical Therapy for Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Patients

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Official Title
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Instrumental Folk Music Listening Reduced Home Blood Pressure in Stage-2 Hypertensive Patients; a Randomized Controlled Trial

Conditions
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Musical Therapy as a Complementary Treatment of Hypertension

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: instrumental folk music


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 40 Years
Maximum Age: 80 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: Randomised control trial
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: music listening<br>Participants who were randomized into intervention group were assigned to listen to the music everyday (day 1st to day 30th), at anytime of day that was suitable with their lifestyles but not at the time of BP measurement. During day 31st -120th, participants did not listen to the music. Other treatment was the same as the control arm. | Other: instrumental folk music<br>* 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.<br>|
| No Intervention: control<br>control arm received conventional hypertension treatment. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change from baseline of home systolic and diastolic blood pressure at day 30th | Home blood pressure of participant was monitored and recorded. | Day 0th (baseline) to day 30th. | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change from baseline of office systolic and diastolic blood pressure at day 120th | Office blood pressure was measured at day 0th (baseline) and at day 120th (3-month follow up). | Day 0th and day 120th | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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music therapy, hypertension, Asian, stage-2 hypertension