The role of music in promoting health and wellbeing: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The higher disease burden and related costs due to an increasing aging population have placed tremendous pressure on the healthcare systems worldwide. Given that music, both listened and actively performed, promotes and maintains good health and wellbeing among the population, we sought to perform a systematic review that would assess its biopsychosocial effects on a population over 40 years of age.

Methods

A comprehensive search of peer-reviewed articles up to April 2021 was conducted on six electronic databases (i.e. Cochrane, MEDLINE, PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science and Scopus). Our study population only included healthy adults of 40 years and older. A total of 11 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) matched the inclusion criteria and were therefore analyzed.

SUBMITTER: Viola E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10393487 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature