The Effect of Relaxation Music Listening on Sleep Quality in Traumatized Refugees: A Pilot Study
Jespersen KV, Vuust P
Journal of music therapy · 29 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Controlled clinical trial (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2012-06-01 · J Music Ther · vol. 49 · issue 2 · pp. 205–229
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Cited
- 99 citations · more than 92% of similar papers · 3.7× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 0 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Sleep and related disorders · Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Keywords
- Active listening, Psychology, Sleep quality, Refugee, Relaxation (psychology), Sleep (system call), Clinical psychology, Music therapy, Audiology, Psychotherapist, Psychiatry, Social psychology, History, Medicine, Insomnia
- MeSH
- humans, music therapy, pilot projects, adaptation, psychological, arousal, stress disorders, post-traumatic, adult, middle aged, refugees, female, male, relaxation therapy, surveys and questionnaires, sleep wake disorders
2 authors
From DK
- Kira Vibe JespersenAarhus University; Aarhus University Hospital
- Peter VuustAarhus University Hospital
Abstract
Background
Traumatized refugees often suffer from severe sleep problems, with serious consequences in physiological and psychological areas of functioning. Recent research suggests that music may be a viable intervention to improve sleep quality.
Objective
The aim of this pilot study was to investigate whether sleep quality of traumatized refugees could be improved by listening to relaxation music at bedtime, and whether such an improvement would affect the experience of trauma symptoms and well-being.
Methods
This study used a two-group pretest/posttest design with repeated measures taken for sleep quality. Dependent variables included sleep quality measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, trauma symptoms as measured by the PTSD-8 and well-being measured by the "How Do You Feel?" questionnaire designed specifically for refugees. Fifteen traumatized refugees with sleep problems participated in the study. The intervention group received the music listening condition (relaxing music played at night through a music player nested in an ergonomic pillow); the control group received only the ergonomic pillow.
Results
Statistical comparisons showed a significant improvement of sleep quality in the music group, but not in the control group. A significant increase in well-being was found only in the intervention group, but there were no changes in trauma symptoms in either of the groups.
Conclusions
These results support the use of relaxation music listening at bedtime to improve sleep quality in traumatized refugees.
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