Abstract:
A community based randomized intervention study virus conducted to describe the effect of
music on selected aspects of cardio respiratory physiology of 252 asymptomatic individuals
and a hospital based single blind randomized clinical trial was conducted to assess the
clinical profile and the quality of lire of 60 stable angina patients. A new music track
composed from Rag Dharbari Kanada was used as the intervention tool. in the study group
listened to the composed y music till the end of track (about 22 minutes) and the control
group was kept silent during the same period. Before the commencement of the study and
after the intervention systolic and diastolic blood pressure, pulse rate and respiratory rate ;f
the study individuals were measured A statistically significant reduction in systolic blood
pressure by 8.53 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure by 5.8 mmHg, puls1e rate by 5.16 bpm
and respiratory rate by .2.5 5 per minutes were observed in the study group after listening to
the music (p0.01) but in the control group changes observed during the period of
intervention were not significant ( p0.05). The reduction in each parameter after listening to
music did not depend on the type of gender, age group , education level, practicing a
relaxation technique and the preferred type of music. As the composed music reduced the
cardio respiratory physiological parameters and as it improved the severity of the disease
and the quality of life of stable angina patients, long term listening to the composed music
can be considered to reduce the prevalence of the morbidities in cardio vascular system and
long term listening to the composed music complementary to regular treatment can be
considered to reduce the severity and to improve the quality of life of the patients with
cardio vascular disease.
