ArticleCureus2022
The Effect of Classical Music on Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, and Mood.
Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effectiveness of music interventions on psychological, physiological and academic outcomes in health sciences students: a meta-analysis.BMC medical education · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of music-based interventions on test anxiety in students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of music therapy on physiological response and anxiety in perioperative ophthalmic patients: a systematic review.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Pooled it
- Music intervention alleviates pain and distress in children undergoing vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of classical music on physiological parameters and anxiety in adolescents during transthoracic echocardiography: a randomized controlled trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Trial
- Personality Type Shapes Acute Anxiety Response to Music and Medicine Intervention During First Chemotherapy (PEGASUS-2).Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2026Trial
- The Effect of Music and Eye Masks on Sleep Quality and Delirium in Abdominal Surgery Intensive Care Patients: Randomized Controlled Trial.Nursing in critical care · 2025Trial
- Impact of background music listening on anxiety in cancer patients undergoing initial radiation therapy: a randomized clinical trial.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2024Trial
- The effect of background audio and audiovisual stimuli on students' autonomic responses during and after an experimental academic examination.Brain and behavior · 2023Trial
- Potential Effects of Music on Non-Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease: Translating Mechanisms to Therapy.Neurology international · 2026Review
- Differences in brain functional connectivity between autonomous sensory meridian response and classical music.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- The effects of music with different rhythms on various sports parameters: an investigation on traditional Turkish archery athletes.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- The Effect of Different Auditory Stimuli on Vital Signs and Consciousness Level in Intensive Care Patients: Music, Nature-Based Sound and Voices of Patients' Relatives.Nursing open · 2025Article
- Effects of music therapy on anxiety among patients undergoing cardiac procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Music Therapy in Depression: Exploring Mechanisms and Efficacy in Rat Models.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Evaluating the Efficacy of a 5-Min Music Listening Intervention for State Anxiety Reduction in College Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Neckband-type earphone for continuous monitoring of cardiovascular symptoms via self-powered box knot pulse-wave sensor.npj biomedical innovations · 2025Article
- Music Therapy may Decrease Radial Artery Spasm Rates and Increase Satisfaction during Coronary Angiography.Current vascular pharmacology · 2025Article
- EEG analysis of speaking and quiet states during different emotional music stimuli.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- A Hybrid eHealth Mindfulness-Based Music Therapy Intervention for Adults Receiving an Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant.Music therapy perspectives · 2025Article
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Abstract
Anxiety and depression have deleterious effects on health. Numerous studies have demonstrated the negative impact of emotions such as stress and anxiety on heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP), and heart disease. These mood states have been linked to stroke, heart failure, diabetes, heart disease, respiratory problems, and drug abuse. Negative emotions can affect the HR and BP through the link between the nervous system and the cardiovascular system. Our study demonstrates the positive effect of classical music on HR, BP parameters, and mood states.
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