Improvisatory clinical viola music calms agitated epilepsy patients—as seen in their brain waves—when they are hospitalized in the epilepsy-monitoring unit, reports a new Northwestern Medicine pilot study.
slowed to a calmer state, allowing the testing to continue. Patients also reported decreased feelings of stress and anxiety after their clinical music experience.
The study, titled"Calming Effect of Clinically Designed Improvisatory Music for Patients Admitted to the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pilot Study," was published Sept. 1 in. The viola was chosen for this research due to its pitch range reflecting the human"safe" vocal range, which is the two middle octaves. Research shows this range, used for lullabies, activates the calming systems of the brain.
The impact of the findings may apply to patients in the hospital for other reasons, Bonakdarpour said.During the, 21 patients with epilepsy were identified as suitable for the trial. Five of these individuals were reported by the nursing and social work staff to have significant distress and were included in this study to receive the intervention. Listening to recordings of their favorite songs alone did not seem to be effective for these patients.
Clinically designed improvisatory music has simple meandering melodies played at a slow tempo. The improvisation is slow and meterless, played in the form of two-minute-long statements with an ending that tapers to silence.
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