HCTW News: Study shows Mozart can lower blood pressure
Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, October 17, 2008
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Patients with high blood pressure might want to tune into one of Mozart’s symphonies. A recent study shows the composer’s music can improve health by lowering blood pressure.
Researchers from Seattle University’s College of Nursing and the Swedish Heart and Vascular Institute, both in Seattle, WA, headed the study, which examined 41 elderly patients with high blood pressure. The subjects listened to either an audio-guided relaxation program—including ocean sounds and instructions for relaxing the body—or a Mozart sonata.
The study found that the systolic blood pressure of patients listening to Mozart was lowered by 5%. The relaxation CD was also shown to be beneficial, as it lowered systolic blood pressure by 6.4%.
Source: CTV.ca News
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