A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MUSIC THERAPY ON HYPERTENSION AMONG NEUROLOGICAL PATIENTS IN SELECTED HOSPITALS OF GUWAHATI, ASSAM

Abstract

Hypertension is one of the most common worldwide diseases afflicting humans and is a major
risk factor for neurological diseases such as stroke. Due to the associated morbidity and
mortality and cost to society, preventing and treating hypertension is an important public health
challenge.
Purpose of this study to investigate the effectiveness of music therapy on hypertension among
neurological patients in selected hospitals of Guwahati, Assam. Methods and materials:A pre
– test post test control group design was used in this study to accomplish the objectives.
Purposive sampling technique was used for obtaining the adequate sample for the study. Study
was undertaken on 30 neurological patients with hypertension aged ≤30 – ≥ 51 years of selected
hospitals of Guwahati. Results : The mean of pre test blood pressure score of control and
experimental were 144.8 and 153.1. The mean of post test blood pressure score of control and
experimental were 139.7 and 139 respectively. The music therapy was proved effective as
tested by difference between mean “t” test at 0.01 level of significance as the calculated value
of “t” was 12.62 which greater then tabulated value (2.46) so, was highly significant at 0.01 %
level. Conclusion Music therapy is effective in reduction of blood pressure of neurological
patients with hypertension. Music therapy can be used as a cost effective non pharmacologic
measure for blood pressure reduction in order to reduce the burden of hypertension in
neurological patients.