Abstract:
Introduction. It is estimated that approximately 26% of the global population (972 million people) suffer
from high blood pressure (HBP). Due to the increase in living standards, and other risk factors, morbidity
is expected to increase to 29% by 2025. In the fight against this disease, one of the potential weapons is
considered to be music therapy. Music therapy has its origins in ancient Greece, when Pythagoras used
music in the treatment of physical and mental illness. Around 400 BC, Hippocrates, the father of medicine,
used to play music to the mentally ill patients to relieve their pain.
Aim of study. This meta-analysis is to investigate the effect of music on blood pressure and heart rate, as
well as objectively assess the effects of music therapy in patients with hypertension.
Methods and materials. Using the keywords ``music therapy, hypertension, heart rate", we identified 2075
studies on the following platforms: Research Gate, National Library of Medicine, Deutsch Aerteblatt
International, Science Direct. Out of all the articles, we excluded duplicates and studies published prior to
2010. Of the remaining 484, 320 were excluded on the basis of title and abstract, 13 were excluded due to
the age of the participants, 8 due to insufficient results, 2 studies were done on non-human subjects, 19
were meta-analyzes, 97 were excluded due to other reasons detected during editing. In the study we
included 3 articles.
Results. Researchers Imtiyaz and Moniruddin conducted a study on 30 pre-hypertensive people, 15 of
whom were in the experimental group. He observed that Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) decreased by 8.73
mmHg and Heart Rate (HR) by 6.42. Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) decreased by only 1,44. The control
group had insignificant changes. Supap Im-Oun conducted the study on 120 people, of which 60 in the
experimental group, all being diagnosed with grade 2 hypertension. He observed a decrease in SBP by
11.43 mmHg and DBP by 8.58. Another study was conducted by Trappe and Voit. They had 120
participants, 60 of whom were in the control group, and the other 60 were divided into 3 groups, each group
listening to different songs. There was a significant decrease in BP of people who listened to classical
music, but those who listened to pop music had insignificant results.
Conclusion. Instrumental music does have an influence on blood pressure and heart rate in hypertensive
patients.
