Systematic review and meta-analysis of music interventions in hypertension treatment: a quest for answers
Kühlmann AY, Etnel JR, Roos-Hesselink JW, Jeekel J, Bogers AJ, Takkenberg JJ
BMC cardiovascular disorders · 27 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Meta-analysis (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Nonprofit
- Stichting W.M. de Hoop
- Nonprofit
- Johannes Stichting
Based on 2 listed funder(s) and full-text disclosure statement.
Publication
- Published
- 2016-04-19 · BMC Cardiovasc Disord · vol. 16 · issue 1 · p. 69
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Cited
- 51 citations · more than 67% of similar papers · 0.8× the field average
- References
- 47 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies · Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Keywords
- Angiology, Medicine, Psychological intervention, Meta-analysis, Cardiac surgery, Intensive care medicine, Internal medicine, Nursing
- MeSH
- humans, hypertension, treatment outcome, music therapy, blood pressure, quality of life, adult, aged, aged, 80 and over, middle aged, female, male
6 authors
From NL
- A. Y. Rosalie KühlmannErasmus MC
- Jonathan R.G. EtnelErasmus MC
- Jolien W. Roos‐HesselinkErasmus MC
- J JeekelErasmus MC
- Ad J.J.C. BogersErasmus MC
- Johanna J.M. Takkenberg · correspondingErasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam
Abstract
Background
Adverse effects, treatment resistance and high costs associated with pharmacological treatment of hypertension have led to growing interest in non-pharmacological complementary therapies such as music interventions. This meta-analysis aims to provide an overview of reported evidence on the efficacy of music interventions in the treatment of hypertension.
Methods
A systematic literature search was conducted for publications on the effect of music interventions on blood pressure in adult hypertensive subjects published between January 1990-June 2014. Randomized controlled trials with a follow-up duration ≥28 days were included. Blood pressure measures were pooled using inverse variance weighting.
Results
Of the 1689 abstracts reviewed, 10 randomized controlled trials were included. Random-effects pooling of the music intervention groups showed a trend toward a decrease in mean systolic blood pressure (SBP) from 144 mmHg(95 % CI:137-152) to 134 mmHg(95 % CI:124-144), and in mean diastolic blood pressure (DBP) from 84 mmHg(95 % CI:78-89) to 78 mmHg(95 % CI:73-84). Fixed-effect analysis of a subgroup of 3 trials with valid control groups showed a significant decrease in pooled mean SBP and DBP in both intervention and control groups. A comparison between music intervention groups and control groups was not possible due to unavailable measures of dispersion.
Conclusions
This systematic review and meta-analysis revealed a trend towards a decrease in blood pressure in hypertensive patients who received music interventions, but failed to establish a cause-effect relationship between music interventions and blood pressure reduction. Considering the potential value of this safe, low-cost intervention, well-designed, high quality and sufficiently powered randomized studies assessing the efficacy of music interventions in the treatment of hypertension are warranted.
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