Music therapy for patients with primary hypertension: observation changes in blood pressure and psychological state
Huang Guozhi;
Zhou Dahong
The aim of the present study was to observe the
blood pressure and psychological effects of music therapy
forpatients with primary hypertension. Forty-two pat ients with
primary hypertension were selected for the study and none of the
subjects was taking antihypertensive during the entire experiment.The
subjects were assigned to two groups ; twenty subjects to the
experiment group, twenty-two subjects to the control group. Patients
in the experiment group received music therapy. The control group
attended the same number of sessions in the same position for the
same period of time only without music therapy.The result showed that
a course of trextment of listening to relaxation music for 12
sessions resulted in the decrease of blood pressure and anxiety level
of the hypertensives, The difference was statistically significant.
These results were comparable to other relaxation training.The
preliminary findings encourage further studies on the music therapy
in the treatment of hypertension.Author's address: Department of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Zhujiang Hospital, 510282
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