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

Musical Therapy as a Complementary Treatment of Hypertension Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03381820
• Other study ID #: HE581320
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 18, 2017
• Last updated: December 20, 2017
• Start date: November 23, 2015
• Est. completion date: December 17, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: December 2017
• Source: Khon Kaen University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 120
• Est. completion date: December 17, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: May 31, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 40 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 40-80 years old

• Diagnosed stage-2 hypertension (HT) (defined by office systolic blood pressure >= 140mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure >= 90 mm Hg at first hospital visit)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women, white-coat HT, secondary HT and hearing loss or blind.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hypertension
• Musical Therapy as a Complementary Treatment of Hypertension

Intervention

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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Thailand	Emergency Medicine, Khon Kaen University	Khon Kaen	Muang

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Khon Kaen University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Thailand, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change from baseline of home systolic and diastolic blood pressure at day 30th	Home blood pressure of participant was monitored and recorded.	Day 0th (baseline) to day 30th.
Secondary	Change from baseline of office systolic and diastolic blood pressure at day 120th	Office blood pressure was measured at day 0th (baseline) and at day 120th (3-month follow up).	Day 0th and day 120th