The effects of listening to healing beat music on adults' recovery from exposure to stressful stimuli: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Musical auditory stimulation can affect the brain and autonomic nervous system, resulting in psychological and physical relaxation. In particular, listening to healing beat music with a tempo synchronized with an individual's heart rate can make a person feel comfortable. This study investigated whether healing beat music, utilized as a heartbeat-matched auditory stimulus, could be employed to improve patient recovery after exposure to stressful stimuli.

Methods

This study was a randomized controlled trial and participants were adults above age of 20 who voluntarily participated. As outcome variables, stress index, BIS index, sympathetic nerve activity, and blood pressure were measured and compared at 5 min intervals.

Results

Following the treatment, the st

SUBMITTER: Bae IL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8411010 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature