The Effects of Music Intervention on Sleep Quality in Community-Dwelling Elderly
Wang Q, Chair SY, Wong EM, Li X
Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 31 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2016-05-25 · J Altern Complement Med · vol. 22 · issue 7 · pp. 576–584
- Publisher
- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
- Cited
- 55 citations · more than 88% of similar papers · 2.4× the field average
- References
- 49 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Sleep and related disorders · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Keywords
- Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Medicine, Sleep hygiene, Physical therapy, Randomized controlled trial, Psychological intervention, Intervention (counseling), Sleep onset latency, Sleep (system call), Quality of life (healthcare), Gerontology, Sleep disorder, Sleep quality, Insomnia, Psychiatry, Nursing, Internal medicine
- MeSH
- humans, sleep initiation and maintenance disorders, music therapy, sleep, aged, middle aged, homes for the aged, female, male
4 authors
From HK, CN
- Qun Wang · correspondingChinese University of Hong Kong
- Sek Ying ChairChinese University of Hong Kong
- Eliza Mi Ling WongChinese University of Hong Kong
- Xiaomei LiXi'an Jiaotong University
Abstract
Objectives
To examine the effects of music intervention on sleep quality in community-dwelling elderly people.
Design
Two-armed randomized controlled trial.
Settings
Four urban communities in Xi`an, China.
Participants
People aged 60 years or older with poor sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [PSQI] score >7).
Interventions
All participants received one sleep hygiene education session and biweekly telephone calls. Each participant in the intervention group received an MP3 player with a music database. The participants selected the preferred music and listened for 30-45 minutes per night for 3 months.
Outcome measures
Sleep quality, the main study outcome, was measured by PSQI at baseline, 1 month, 2 months, and 3 months.
Results
Sixty-four elderly people with a mean age of 69.38 ± 5.46 years were randomly assigned to the control group (n = 32) or the intervention group (n = 32). All participants completed the study, and none reported discomfort related to the music intervention. The intervention group demonstrated continuous improvements in sleep quality, with a global PSQI score of 13.53 at baseline, 9.28 at 1 month, 8.28 at 2 months, and 7.28 at 3 months. Although the global PSQI score in the control group also decreased from 12.26 at baseline to 8.72 at 3 months, the intervention group achieved greater improvements at each measurement (all p < 0.05). Repeated-measures analysis of variance revealed significant group-by-time interaction effects in global PSQI score and three component scores: sleep latency, sleep efficiency, and daytime dysfunction (all p < 0.05).
Conclusion
Music is a safe and effective nonpharmacological intervention for improving the sleep quality of community-dwelling elderly people, especially in improving sleep latency, sleep efficiency, and daytime dysfunction.
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