NCT03381820

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

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Khon Kaen University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• Musical Therapy as a Complementary Treatment of Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	instrumental 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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-11-23
• Primary completion: 2016-05-31
• Completion: 2017-12-17
• First posted: 2017-12-22
• Last updated: 2017-12-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Thailand