Effect of music on blood pressure: a systematic review
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17267/2317-3378rec.v10i1.2989Keywords:
Complementary therapies. Music. Arterial pressure.Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effect of music on blood pressure. METHOD: Systematic review, carried out based on The PRISMA, whose guiding question was “In relation to people who present or not the diagnosis of systemic arterial hypertension, what is the effect of music, compared to standard intervention, on blood pressure?". The selection and extraction of information was carried out from October to December 2019, in the PubMed Central, Cochrane Central, Science Direct and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) databases. The search strategy used was: "Music" and "Hypertension" or "Arterial Pressure" and "Randomized Controlled Trial". RESULTS: After the selective and critical analysis of the findings, 14 trials comprised this review. Of these, 10 indicated the effect of the intervention on blood pressure, with a significant decrease in systolic blood pressure. It was also identified that the majority of studies that use music as a blood pressure control therapy were in adult patients, undergoing cancer treatment or surgical procedures. CONCLUSION: The studies analyzed showed that music reduced blood pressure levels and can be considered a resource for controlling blood pressure. However, studies are needed to verify the effects of long-term intervention that follow blood pressure assessment protocols.