Clinical trial NCT04147507: Effect of Relaxing Music on Blood Pressure and Resting Heart Rate
Official title: Effect of Relaxing Music on Blood Pressure and Resting Heart Rate Among Pre-hypertensive Young Adults
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Prehypertension
Blood Pressure
Resting Heart Rate
Lead sponsor: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-11-01
Enrollment: 30
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Prehypertention is defined as systolic blood pressure between 120 and 139 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure between 80 and 89 mmHg. People with prehypertension have the higher risk to develop hypertension compared to people with normal blood pressure (normotensive) especially when getting old, therefore prehypertension is known for preliminary stage of hypertension. Framingham Heart Study have shown the progression rate from prehypertension to hypertension was as high as 19% over 4 years. Prehypertension will also lead to abnormality of the cardiovascular system. Thus it is very important to identify the prehypertension at early stage, so that steps can be taken to slow down the progression to hypertension and to normalize the blood pressure level. Minimal reduction in blood pressure produce a large benefit to human health, as stated in JNC (Joint National Committee) VII report, a 5mmHg decrease in systolic blood pressure would be able to reduce as much as 9% mortality rate caused by coronary heart disease, 14% mortality related to stroke, and 7% decrease in all-cause mortality. Previous studies have focused on effect of music therapy in hypertensive elderly, prehypertensive pregnant women, prehypertensive elderly but no research has been conducted on prehypertensive young adults. In addition, prehypertension increase risk of developing cardiovascular disease, thus early intervention is needed to prevent the progression of prehypertension to hypertension status and normalize the blood pressure level.

Detailed description: Quota sampling will be used as the sampling method. Investigators would recruit 30 participants for this study.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Systolic blood pressure between 120 to 139 mmHg
* Diastolic blood pressure between 80 to 89 mmHg
* Not having any hearing impairment and able to listen to music using headphone
* Willing to participate in this study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Under influence of any medication that would affect the concentration
* Systolic Blood pressure of less than 120 or more than 140 mmHg
* Diastolic blood pressure of less than 80 or more than 90 mmHg

Primary outcomes:
measure: Systolic Blood Pressure change is being measured
timeFrame: At baseline (before intervention) and post intervention (end of 4 weeks)
measure: Diastolic Blood Pressure change is being measured
timeFrame: At baseline (before intervention) and post intervention (end of 4 weeks)
measure: Resting Heart Rate change is being measured
timeFrame: At baseline (before intervention) and post intervention (end of 4 weeks)
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Kajang
country: Malaysia
facility: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
state: Selangor
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