Music therapy on sleep quality in elderly

• Published in: IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2018-11, Vol.434 (1), p.12143
• Main Authors: Lestarini, A, Putra, K S P
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Music therapy; Older people; Pharmacology; Sleep deprivation; Therapy
• ISSN: 1757-8981; 1757-899X; 1757-899X
• DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/434/1/012143

Sleep is one of the essential needs, which if not fulfilled will have an impact on changes in the biological or psychological condition of a person. Good sleep is often defined as a quality sleep. Along with aging, a person tends to be more difficult to achieve a good quality of sleep for themselves. Treatment of sleep disorder in elderly consist of non-pharmacological and pharmacological therapy, one of the forms of non-pharmacological therapy is a music therapy. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of music therapy on sleep quality in elderly at a social residential in Bali. The study design that used was a pre-experimental study with one group pretest-posttest design. The number of sample was 31 persons that got a 2 weeks therapy. Sleep quality was measured using The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index at the end of each week to determine changes in sleep quality in elderly. Based on analytical test result using a paired t-test, it was found that the mean of sleep quality before therapy, after the first week and after the second week was (11.97), (10.90), and (8.58) respectively, with p-value 0.000. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is a significant improvement in sleep quality after music therapy in elderly. Recommendation for the elderly with poor sleep quality, in order to familiarize them self to listen to sedative music to help improve their sleep quality.