Effectiveness of Music Therapy on Blood Pressure and Anxiety Among Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis

Maharishi Markendeswar University (Deemed to be University)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Kidney Diseases

Treatments: Behavioral: music therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03220061

200197

Details and patient eligibility

About

Effectiveness of music therapy on blood pressure and anxiety among patients undergoing haemodialysis

Full description

Abstract Introduction:- dialysis is one of the technological innovation in medicine in which patients are being reported to face psychosocial and physiological problems such as anxiety, stress and hypertension etc. To relieve these problems, music therapy has been widely used as a non-pharmacological intervention with the aim to assess the effectiveness of music therapy on blood pressure and anxiety among haemodialysis patients.

Methods:- current study using true experimental pre-test post-test design was conducted among 60 haemodialysis patients which were randomly allocated to experimental (30) and control (30) group using simple random sampling. The data was collected through sample characteristics performa, blood pressure monitoring data sheet and beck anxiety inventory. Patients in experimental group were provided with 30 minutes of music therapy using slow and calm relaxing instrumental piano music whereas in control group only usual care was given.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 17 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• willing to participate in study
• alert, oriented and able to comprehend, speak and listen Hindi or English language.

Exclusion criteria

• altered sensorium
• hypotension
• unresponsiveness
• hearing disabilities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

experimental

Experimental group

Description:

music therapy was used in the study for 30 minutes

Treatment:

Behavioral: music therapy

control

No Intervention group

Description:

usual care was given to participant in control group