Effects of Binaural Beat Music on Elderly Sleep

National Cheng Kung University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Sleep Quality

Treatments

Other: Control group

Other: Binaural beat music group (BBM group)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05975853

Asia0727

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background:

Older people in long-term care institutions often have poor sleep quality and depression, which may negatively affect their health and welfare. Binaural beat music (BBM) has been proposed as a possible intervention. However, its effects on older people with poor sleep quality in long-term care institutions is still unclear.

Objective:

This study aimed to examine the effects of binaural beat music on sleep quality, heart rate variability, and depression in older people with poor sleep quality in a long-term care institution

Methods:

A single-blind randomized controlled trial design was employed and 64 older participants with poor sleep quality were recruited from a long-term care institution in Taiwan. Participants were randomized into the BBM group or control (sham) group (32 per group) and received 14 days of intervention. During the intervention period, participants in the experimental group listened to 20 minutes of Taiwanese Hokkien oldies embedded with BBM once in the morning and afternoon thrice a week. Participants in the control group only listened to Taiwanese Hokkien oldies. Questionnaires and heart rate variability analysis were used to assess participants' sleep quality, heart rate variability, and depressive symptoms.

Enrollment

64 patients

Sex

All

Ages

75 to 90 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria were participants who: were aged 65 years and older, had a PSQI score> 7, were able to understand questionnaire contents and communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese Hokkien, stayed in institution for 1 month and more, and did not receive antidepressant within 3 months prior to and during the intervention.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria were those with hearing loss, history of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia diagnosed by a physician, and had an acute physiological disease, such as cold, fracture, or trauma.