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Indian Instrumental Music in Hypertension

NCT02147366 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2014-05-28

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Summary

* Hypertension is one of the leading risk factors influencing morbidity and mortality. There is need for non-pharmacological management for the same. Music is known to reduce anxiety and holds promise for non-pharmacological management of hypertension owing to low cost, ease of administration and safety. The efficacy of music to reduce blood pressure (BP) has not been established. Besides inconsistent findings, earlier studies using music are frequently inconclusive from small sample size. The studies have not examined the biomarkers of hypertension.
* The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of Indian Instrumental music on pre-hypertensives and stage 1 hypertensives subjects. Non-pharmacological intervention improves the quality of life of hypertensives and music may serve as an adjunct therapy along with standard management of hypertensives.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Music & lifestyle changes

Music intervention involved listening to raga bhimpalas played on bansuri/flute (an Indian instrument) for 15 minutes daily for 3 months.

BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle

Lifestyle intervention was based on Joint national committee VII guidelines for hypertension

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Indian Council of Medical Research

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • MS Ramaiah Medical College & Hospitals

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • KIRTHANA U KUNIKULLAYA, MD, DNB · M S Ramaiah Medical college and hospitals

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-31
Primary Completion
2013-07-31
Completion
2013-07-31

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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Diseases

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