Characteristics of music to improve the quality of sleep

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
Ami Yamasato ◽  
Mayu Kondo ◽  
Shunya Hoshino ◽  
Jun Kikuchi ◽  
Shigeki Okino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Sleep Disorders ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Scaling Exponent ◽  
Quality Of Sleep ◽  
Zero Crossings ◽  
Small Change ◽  
Improve Sleep Quality ◽  
Slow Tempo

Background: Several studies on the effects of music on sleep disorders have demonstrated that music listening can improve sleep quality in patients with sleep disorders. To our knowledge, nevertheless, none of them have elucidated the characteristics of such music itself.Objective: The purpose of the present study was to elucidate the characteristics of the types of music that improve sleep quality.Methods: In twenty five tracks used in the previous study, we calculated four analysis indicators: scaling exponent of the spectrum of melody's zero-crossings, redundancy of note values, density of notes and tempo.Results: The characteristics of music to improve sleep quality were slow tempo, small change of rhythm, and moderate pitch variation of melody. Based on the results derived from cluster analysis, the music pieces studied were largely categorized into 3 groups. A comparison of these 3 groups showed no significant differences with respect to the scaling exponent of the melody and the density of notes, whereas it showed significant differences with respect to the redundancy of note values and tempo.Conclusions: Our study revealed several characteristics of the types of music that improve sleep quality. The identification of these characteristics contributes to providing personalized music therapy to patients.

scholarly journals 696 Quality of sleep is the only predictor of suicide during Covid-19 lockdown in University students?

SLEEP ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. A272-A272
Author(s):  
Alessandra Castelnuovo ◽  
Samantha Mombelli ◽  
Daniela Bottoni ◽  
Antonella Somma ◽  
Andrea Fossati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Sleep Disorders ◽  
Social Stress ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Quality Of Sleep ◽  
Suicidal Thoughts

Abstract Introduction COVID-19 epidemic led to great psychological and social stress, related to anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, suicidal risk and behavior, and changes in daily routine. The aim of this study was to assess the psychological impact of COVID-19 lockdown in Italian students. We focused on perceived sleep quality, anxiety and depression symptoms, and mostly on risk of suicide. Methods A total of 307 students (mean age 22.84±2.68) completed Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). In our study, we focused on item 9 of BDI-II, that is related to suicide. We divided our sample on presence or absence of suicidal ideation based on this item. Results We found that 30.1% showed depressive, while 38.2% anxious symptoms. Concerning item 9 of BDI-II (suicidal thoughts or wishes), 84.7% answered that they do not have any thoughts of killing themselves, while 15.3% answered that they have some suicidal ideation. Concerning sleep variables, we found that 58% of our sample showed a PSQI total score higher than 5 (poor quality of sleep), and a global worsening in sleep quality and increase of insomnia both in student with and without suicidal ideation. Conclusion Our results on risk of suicide are in line with literature. Recent reviews focused on suicidal ideation in medical students found that depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation are common among medical students, finding a prevalence of suicidal ideation of 11%. Several studies suggest that sleep disorders are a risk factor for suicidal thoughts and behaviours. Our findings show that sleep cannot considered a predictive factor of risk of suicide during health emergency, because the risk is polyfactorial. Support (if any) None

Pilot Project: Sound pillow treatment to improve sleep quality for patients with depression or bipolar diagnosis with sleeping problems

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S80-S80 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.N. Lund ◽  
I.N. Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Cochrane Review ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Sleeping Problems ◽  
Improve Sleep Quality

A well-known symptom for patients with depression and bipolar diagnosis is poor quality of sleep. This has a major impact on the quality of life for the individual. Most recently, an article in the Cochrane Review, Music for insomnia in adults, concludes that music may be effective for improving sleep quality in adults with insomnia symptoms [1].A Research Project at Aalborg University Hospital, Psychiatry, in Denmark has been initiated involving psychiatrists and nurses from an outpatient unit and researchers and music therapists from the Music Therapy Research Clinic at the hospital in an innovative collaboration. A pilot project is started, where patients with depression are given a sound pillow with special designed playlists, offering selected calm music for the patients to use at home for a period of 30 days. The listening periods are registered by the patients. Questionnaires are filled out before and after the listening period. A short semi-structured interview is taking place four times throughout the listening period and as a follow-up, when patients come in for control.The aim is to investigate, whether music listening is helpful to improve sleep quality and quality of life, and to investigate if music listening can limit or replace medication. Discussion of first results.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Sleep Quality and Fatigue among Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahrokh Imanian ◽  
Mahsa Imanian ◽  
Mahdi Karimyar
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Sleep Disorders ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Breast Cancer Survivors ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Quality Of Sleep ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Cutting Point

Background: Breast cancer survivors make up a growing population facing treatment that poses long – standing adverse effects including chemotherapy- related sleep disorders and fatigue. There is limited knowledge of patients' lived experiences of chemotherapy- induced sleep disorders and fatigue. The aim of this study was to explore sleep quality and fatigue among breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Materials and Methods: One hundred fifteen patients were included in this census-based cross-sectional study. Data were collected through the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Brief Fatigue Inventory four days after the chemotherapy session. Statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS software version 13 and P<0.05 was considered statistically significant in all tests. Results: The mean hours of sleep were 5.6±1.83 in the range of 2 to 10 hours. The mean score of fatigue of participants was 5.59±1.67. Based on the cutting point, 57.4%, 20.9%, and 21.7% of participants had a moderate (4-6.9), mild (0.1-3.9), and severe (7-9.9) level of fatigue, respectively. The mean score of sleep quality among the participants was equal to 14.06±3.06, with a maximum and minimum of 7 and 21. The results of Spearman correlation coefficient showed that there is a significant relationship between fatigue and quality of sleep )0.210). Conclusion: Although the study findings revealed that patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy experience different degrees of sleep disorders and fatigue, there is a need for more detailed studies to improve the quality of sleep and reduce fatigue in these patients due to the little attention paid to this issue in the medical field.

The Influence Of Massage On Sleep Quality In Children's Pre-School

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-154
Author(s):  
Hindyah Ike Suhariati ◽  
Endang Yuswatiningsih
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Sleep Disorders ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Wilcoxon Test ◽  
Quality Of Sleep ◽  
Paired Data ◽  
Post Test

Introduction: Sleep disturbance is one of the problems that is often encountered in preschool children. About 44,2% of preschoolers experience sleep disorders. Sleep disorders can affect children's behavior and emotions, cause drowsiness during the day, reduce children's attention at school, get tired easily, reduce physical activity, reduce memory, children become fussy and temper tantrums. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of giving massage to sleep quality in preschool children in a Kindergarten in Lawang Hospital. Methods: The design in this study is the Pre-Experiment (Pre and Post-test design). The Affordable population is all preschool age children in a Kindergarten in Lawang who have 45 sleep disorders, the sample in this study amounted to 35 children. The sampling technique used was Simple Random Sampling. Analysis of paired data (pre and post-test) on sleep quality variables used the Wilcoxon test. If the statistical test results obtained p <0.05, then H1 is accepted, it means the research hypothesis is accepted. Results: The results showed the quality of sleep before giving massage mostly poor, the quality of sleep after giving massage is mostly good, there is an effect of giving massage to the quality of sleep in preschool children in a Kindergarten in Lawang. Conclusion: The study concludes that there is an effect of giving massage to the quality of timber in preschool children in a Kindergarten in Lawang.

Association Between Hypertension, Body Mass Index, and Sleep: A Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (01) ◽  
pp. 11-14
Author(s):  
Aishwarya Gonzalez Cherubal ◽  
S. Pooja ◽  
Vijaya Raghavan
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Sleep Disorders ◽  
Sleep Disorder ◽  
Sleep Duration ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Quality Of Sleep ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: Sleep disorders can act as risk factors and even aggravate underlying conditions. With prevalence of 17% in general population, hypertension is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in India. Though hypertension has various well established risk factors like family history, sedentary lifestyle, poor diet, smoking and age, sleep is often an understudied and overlooked factor. Body mass index is another important risk factor for various physical conditions. Associations between sleep and body mass index have been documented in many studies around the world. Although a consensus is yet to be drawn, many studies highlight that BMI related disorders could be predicted by sleep duration and quality. Materials and Methods: Two hundred consecutive hypertensive patients who were attending the OPD for follow-up were included as participants in this study after obtaining an informed consent. A semi structured proforma was designed to elicit the socio demographic profile of the participants. Each participant was assessed for the presence of sleep disorders by sleep-50 questionnaire and quality of sleep by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Results: Results found that BMI was significantly correlated with sleep quality, sleep duration, and sleep disorder. Hypertension was not significantly correlated to sleep quality or duration but associated to sleep disorder. Conclusion: This study found that body mass index was significantly correlated with sleep variables such as sleep duration, sleep quality, and sleep disorders. Maintaining a healthy BMI could in fact impact the amount and quality of sleep an individual receives.

scholarly journals Efektivitas Baby Massage Dan Baby Gym Terhadap Kualitas Tidur Bayi Usia 3-6 Bulan

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Rose Nurhudariani ◽  
Yeni Dwi Ratnasari ◽  
Sonhaji Sonhaji ◽  
Siti Nur Umariyah Febriyanti
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Sleep Disorders ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Sleep Problems ◽  
P Value ◽  
Test Design ◽  
Quality Of Sleep ◽  
Post Test ◽  
A Minor

Baby massage dan baby gym adalah upaya untuk meningkatkan kualitas tidur pada bayi.  Masalah tidur pada bayi di Indonesia cukup banyak, yaitu sekitar 44,2% bayi mengalami gangguan tidur seperti sering terbangun di malam hari. Namun lebih dari 72% orang tua menganggap gangguan tidur bukan suatu masalah atau hanya masalah kecil, hal tersebut diungkapkan oleh sebuah penelitian pada tahun 2014-2015 yang dilaksanakan di lima kota besar di Indonesia Berdasarkan data awal terdapat 20 bayi yang datang ke posyandu dan ditemukan 17 bayi yang mengalami gangguan tidur. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui efektivitas baby massage dan baby gym terhadap kualitas tidur bayi usia 3-6 bulan di Desa Talang Tegal. Jenis penelitian adalah kuantitatif dengan two group pre and post test  design. Sampel sebanyak 34 bayi yang diberikan perlakuan baby massage dan baby gym dilakukan selama 2 minggu 3x seminggu, untuk baby massage 15 menit sedangkan untuk baby gym 5 menit. Terdapat pengaruh baby massage terhadap kualitas tidur bayi usia 3-6 bulan dengan  p value 0.000. Terdapat pengaruh baby gym terhadap kualitas tidur bayi usia 3-6 bulan dengan  p value 0,001. Tidak terdapat perbedaan efektivitas baby massage dan baby gym terhadap kualitas tidur bayi usia 3 – 6 bulan. Kata kunci : baby gym; baby massage; kualitas tidur bayi  The Effectiveness of Baby Massage And Baby Gym on Sleep Quality of 3-6 Months Baby ABSTRACT  Baby massage and baby gym are efforts to improve the quality of sleep in babies. There are quite a number of sleep problems in infants in Indonesia, which is around 44.2% of infants experiencing sleep disorders such as frequent awakenings at night. However, more than 72% of parents consider sleep disturbances not a problem or just a minor problem, this was revealed by a 2014-2015 study conducted in five major cities in Indonesia. Based on initial data there were 20 babies who came to the Integrated Healthcare Centre and found 17 babies with sleep disorders. The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of baby massage and baby gym on the sleep quality of baby aged 3-6 months in Talang Tegal Village. This type of research was quantitative with two groups pre-post test design. A sample of 34 babies who were given baby massage and baby gym treatment was carried out for 2 weeks 3 time each week, for baby massage 15 minutes while for baby gym 5 minutes. There is an effect of baby massage on the sleep quality of babies aged 3-6 months with a p value of 0.000. There is an effect of baby gym on the sleep quality of babies aged 3-6 months with a p value of 0.001. There is no difference in the effectiveness of baby massage and baby gym on the sleep quality of babies aged 3-6 months. Keywords: baby gym; baby massages; sleep quality of baby

scholarly journals Using Nutrition Based Therapy for Improving Sleep Quality

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Deep Sleep ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Quality Of Sleep ◽  
Hormonal Profile ◽  
Sleeping Pills ◽  
The People ◽  
Improve Sleep Quality

Sleep is an important factor in human life cycle. Many of the people are struggling from sleep disorders that may range from sleep deprivation to insomnia. Other major factor with respect to sleep is quality of sleep. It tends to happen with many of the people now a days that they get sleep for 6 to 8 hours but still they feel fatigue or sleepy throughout the day or even they are not satisfied with their sleep. Many people move towards the clinical/medical way to get good deep sleep like sleeping pills or tablets having alprazolam [1]. This may have seductive side effects throughout the day. Here in this paper we focus to improve sleep quality by maintain efficient hormonal profile of tryptophan i.e. melatonin through food based therapy to improve quality of sleep [2-4].

scholarly journals The Effect of Warm Footbath on the Quality of Sleep on Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome in Cardiac Care Unit

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Talebi Ghadicolaei ◽  
Mohammad Ali Heydary Gorji ◽  
Babak Bagheri ◽  
Jamshid Yazdani charati ◽  
Zoya Hadinejad
Keyword(s):  
Acute Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Sleep Disorders ◽  
Cardiac Care ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Quality Of Sleep ◽  
Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Cardiac Care Unit

Introduction: This study aimed to determine the effect of warm footbath before bedtime on the quality of sleep on patients with acute Coronary Syndrome in Cardiac Care Unit. Methods: This study was conducted on 120 patients admitted to CCU at Mazandaran Heart Center and randomly divided into two groups of intervention and control. In the intervention group, warm footbath was performed after the second night in hospital before bed time by 41 C water for 20 minutes for three consecutive nights; in contrast, the control group did not receive anything of this sort. The next day, St Mary's Hospital Sleep Questionnaire was completed to evaluate sleep quality. Then, the obtained data were analyzed using SPSS software and Friedman, Wilcoxon exact statistical tests. Results: The quality of sleep in the first night of hospitalization was different from the third night after the intervention in both groups and the improvement process of sleep quality was observed in both groups. Most patients had moderate impairments (23-36), which had not changed during the intervention. In intervention groups, 8 patients had severe sleep disorders (greater than 37), which declined to 1 after three nights of intervention. While, in the control group this number fell from 10 patients with severe sleep disorders to 5. Warm footbath had a great positive impact on patients suffering from severe sleep disorders (P<0.05). Conclusion: Although warm footbath did not improve the quality of sleep in all patients, it reduced the number of patients who had severe sleep disturbances.

scholarly journals EFEK PIJAT KAKI TERHADAP KUALITAS TIDUR IBU MENOPAUSE

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-297
Author(s):  
Rahmi Nurrasyidah
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Pharmacological Therapy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Quality Of Sleep ◽  
Average Quality ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Improve Sleep Quality ◽  
And Control

ABSTRACT  Background : Sleep disturbance is a problem that is often complained of by women who experience a menopause transition. This has an impact on quality of life, moods, productivity, and physical health. Foot massage therapy is a non-pharmacological therapy performed to improve sleep quality. Non-pharmacological therapy is an option because it is cheaper and more effective when compared with medical administration.  Purpose :This study determined an effect of foot massage on the sleep quality of menopausal mothers.  Method : This is an experimental study with a post test only control group design. The sample consisted of 23 respondents aged 45-55 years. The intervention group included 12 respondents and the control group included 11 respondents. The intervention group performed foot massage for 10 minutes on each leg. Sleep quality in the intervention group was measured 24 hours after massage. The control group did not do foot massage. Results :  the average respondent of intervention and control groups were in the best sleep quality (76100). In the control group, poor sleep quality was found in the wakefulness sleep category. There was no difference in the average quality of sleep in mothers who did foot massage and did not do foot massage (p> 0.001) with a difference in average (95% CI) 4.5 (3.6-12.5). Conclusion : There was no difference in the average quality of sleep between intervention and control group.  Sugestion : Based on the results of the study, the authors recommend the need for further research on foot massage with an increase in  duration of the intervention and it is necessary to investigate the variations of foot massage methods with aromatherapy to improve sleep quality. Further research needs to be done with more samples and better RCT methods.  Keywords: Foot massage, sleep quality, Menopause   ABSTRAK  Latar Belakang : Gangguan tidur adalah masalah yang sering dikeluhkan ibu yang mengalami transisi menopause. Hal ini berdampak pada kualitas hidup, suasana hati, produktivitas, dan kesehatan fisik. Terapi pijat kaki merupakan terapi non farmakologi yang dilakukan untuk meningkatkan kualitas tidur. Terapi non-farmakologi menjadi pilihan karena biaya yang lebih murah dan lebih efektif bila dibandingkan dengan pemberian medikamentosa. Tujuan : Untuk mengetahui pengaruh pijat kaki terhadap kualitas tidur ibu menopause.  Metode : Desain Penelitian ini adalah penelitian eksperimental dengan desain post test only control group desain. Sampel terdiri dari 23 responden yang berumur 45-55 tahun dengan rincian kelompok intervensi 12 responden dan kelompok kontrol 11 responden. Kelompok intervensi dilakukan pijat kaki selama 10 menit pada setiap kaki. Kualitas tidur pada kelompok intervensi diukur 24 jam setelah dilakukan pemijatan. Kelompok kontrol tidak dilakukan pijat kaki.  Hasil : Rata-rata responden pada kelompok intervensi maupun kontrol berada pada kualitas tidur terbaik (76-100). Pada kelompok kontrol, didapatkan kualitas tidur yang buruk pada kategori terbangun saat tidur (Awakenings). Tidak terdapat perbedaan rerata kualitas tidur pada ibu yang dilakukan pijat kaki dan tidak dilakukan pijat kaki (p>0,001) dengan perbedaan rerata (IK 95%) 4.5 (3.6-12.5).  Kesimpulan : Tidak terdapat perbedaan rerata kualitas tidur pada kelompok intervensi maupun kontrol. .  Saran  : Penulis merekomendasikan perlunya dilakukan penelitian lebih lanjut mengenai pijat kaki dengan peningkatan durasi intervensi serta perlu diteliti mengenai variasi metoda pijat kaki dengan aromaterapi untuk meningkatkan kualitas tidur. Penelitian selanjutnya perlu dilakukan dengan sampel yang lebih banyak dengan metode uji kilnis yang lebih baik.  Kata Kunci : Pijat kaki, kualitas tidur, Ibu Menopause

scholarly journals Association Between Hypertension, Body Mass Index, and Sleep: A Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (01) ◽  
pp. 11-14
Author(s):  
Aishwarya Gonzalez Cherubal ◽  
S. Pooja ◽  
Vijaya Raghavan
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Sleep Disorders ◽  
Sleep Disorder ◽  
Sleep Duration ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Quality Of Sleep ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: Sleep disorders can act as risk factors and even aggravate underlying conditions. With prevalence of 17% in general population, hypertension is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in India. Though hypertension has various well established risk factors like family history, sedentary lifestyle, poor diet, smoking and age, sleep is often an understudied and overlooked factor. Body mass index is another important risk factor for various physical conditions. Associations between sleep and body mass index have been documented in many studies around the world. Although a consensus is yet to be drawn, many studies highlight that BMI related disorders could be predicted by sleep duration and quality. Materials and Methods: Two hundred consecutive hypertensive patients who were attending the OPD for follow-up were included as participants in this study after obtaining an informed consent. A semi structured proforma was designed to elicit the socio demographic profile of the participants. Each participant was assessed for the presence of sleep disorders by sleep-50 questionnaire and quality of sleep by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Results: Results found that BMI was significantly correlated with sleep quality, sleep duration, and sleep disorder. Hypertension was not significantly correlated to sleep quality or duration but associated to sleep disorder. Conclusion: This study found that body mass index was significantly correlated with sleep variables such as sleep duration, sleep quality, and sleep disorders. Maintaining a healthy BMI could in fact impact the amount and quality of sleep an individual receives.

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