1. Effect Of Music Means The Stress Reduction in Daily Life
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Effect Of Music Means The Stress Reduction in Daily Life
Nevin Dinccag1, Coskun Oruc2, Sevim Oncul3, Sevda Yıldız Ozel4, Cengizhan Sonmez5, Beyhan Omer2
¹Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, ²Istanbul University , Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Biochemistry, ³ Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Physciatry, 4 Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Bioistatistics and Medical Informatics, 5 Bahcesehir Music Society, Istanbul
Findings: While mean salivary cortisol levels (ng/dL) were detected as ± and ±179.50, respectively, at hours and on the normal day of life (Group I); the levels were observed as ± and ±91.67, respectively, on chorus activity day (Group II) at similar hours. When we compared difference of cortisol levels between groups; 21% increase (mean ± 39.0 ng /dl) was detected in Group I; on contrary difference of cortisol levels was found as ± ng/dl, by decreasing % 33 in Group II (p<0.02) (Figure1).
Introduction: Stress has potential to be major health treat facilitating the development of illness. It’s assumed that music has health beneficial effects by its potential stres-reducing. There are some reports that chorists in choral soceity are influenced by music positively during their activities.
Objective: Our aim is to investigate whether the participants engaged in music are influenced by music. Thirty seven volunteer, healthy chorists who perform Turkish art music in Bahcesehir Music Society, were included into this study. Demographic features of participants were recorded (Table 1). The state and trait anxiety status of chorists was evaluated by using a Likertscale at the beginning and at the end of choir, on chorus activity day. Assesments ensued at two time points: and After each assesments, chorists were asked to collect saliva samples for cortisol levels to be measured later.
Participants were requested to repeat the same procedure at similar times of any day in their normal lives. Results of Likertscale ranging from 20 to 80 (low scores indicate low levels of stress and high scores indicate high levels of stress, respectively) was evaluated by an expert.
Cortisol levels were measured by using electrochemiluminescence immunoassay. All data was evaluated with SPSS 20 version.
Table 1: Demografic features
In both groups mean stress scores were within normal limits and it was found as 47.8±4.9; 41.4±4.9, respectively. Fourteen percent decrease in stress scores was observed in the Group II; especially in women, individuals with non-alcoholic, but smokers, active employeers and people who have less time engaged in music (p<0.04) (Figure 2).
Total, n 37
Female / Male: n, (%):
25 (67) / 12 (33)
Age (years)
50.3 ± 10.3
Retired/ Active employee: n, (%):
24(64) / 13(36)
Smoking- alcohol usage Yes/No: n, (%):
8 (21) / 29(79)
Daily musical activities; 1-3 hours / > 5 hours: n,(%)
14(37) / 23(63)
Conclusion: We can say that individuals who perform a two-hour Turkish art music per week, are affected positively by music different from the day of their normal life. Particularly due to the fact that music is very popular, cost-effective and easly applicable in daily life, it seems promising to use music in daily life as strategy for stress reduction.
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