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

NCT ID: NCT03381820

Last Updated: 2017-12-22

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-11-23

Study Completion Date

2017-12-17

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Musical Therapy as a Complementary Treatment of Hypertension

Keywords

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music therapy hypertension Asian stage-2 hypertension

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Randomised control trial
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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music listening

Participants who were randomized into intervention group were assigned to listen to the music everyday (day 1st to day 30th), at anytime of day that was suitable with their lifestyles but not at the time of BP measurement. During day 31st -120th, participants did not listen to the music. Other treatment was the same as the control arm.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

instrumental folk music

Intervention Type OTHER

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.

control

control arm received conventional hypertension treatment.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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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.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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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.
Minimum Eligible Age

40 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Khon Kaen University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Praew Kotruchin

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Emergency Medicine, Khon Kaen University

Khon Kaen, Muang, Thailand

Site Status

Countries

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Thailand

References

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Im-Oun S, Kotruchin P, Thinsug P, Mitsungnern T, Techa-Atik P, Pongchaiyakul C. Effect of Thai instrumental folk music on blood pressure: A randomized controlled trial in stage-2 hypertensive patients. Complement Ther Med. 2018 Aug;39:43-48. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2018.05.014. Epub 2018 May 26.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30012391 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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HE581320

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id