Mali Wongman. Effects of music on sleep quality and physiological responses in patients with coronary artery disease during admission in the critical care unit. Master's Degree(Adult Nursing). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2007.
Effects of music on sleep quality and physiological responses in patients with coronary artery disease during admission in the critical care unit
Abstract:
Randomized change-over research design was used to determine the effects of
music on sleep quality and physiological responses in patients with coronary artery
disease during admission in the critical care unit. Thirty patients who were admitted in
the coronary care unit and two medical intensive care units, Bangkok, Thailand, were
selected by purposive sampling from November, 2004 to October, 2005.
The instrument used for intervention was a portable compact disc player and
seven 30-minute compact discs of soothing music that facilitates relaxation. The
instrument used for data collection consisted of demographic characteristics recording
form, Verran & Snyder-Halpern (VSH) sleep scale. Physiological responses (heart
rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure) were measured before, during, and after both
music period and non music period. The data were analyzed by using frequency,
percentage, mean, standard deviation, and pair t-test.
The findings revealed that: the mean scores of total sleep quality in each
dimension of sleep disturbance and sleep effectiveness after listening to the music
were statistically significant higher than for the non music period (p< 0.001). After
listening to the music, the mean change of physiological responses i.e. heart rate and
respiration rate, was statistically significantly higher than non music period (p<.001).
The mean change of systolic and diastolic blood pressure between music and non
music periods was non significantly different.
In conclusion, this study showed that music can promote sleep quality and
relaxation, and thus, music can be used in clinical practice.