The effect of music therapy and acupressure on sleep quality and blood glucose level in hospitalized patients in critical care units

Determining the effect of music therapy and acupressure on sleep quality and blood glucose level of patients admitted to critical care units

In this parallel clinical trial with the control group, phase 3 of the clinical trial, 60 patients who are eligible to participate in the study (hospitalization in the past 72 hours, sufficient consciousness, no contagious and skin disease) are randomly assigned to intervention and control groups in a block-wise manner. First, the quality of sleep the night before and blood glucose are assessed. Then, for the intervention group, 30 minutes of music and acupressure are used one hour before sleep, and for the control group, routine is used. In the morning, the quality of sleep of the patients and the blood glucose should be assessed by a person who is unaware of grouping the patients. Then, the results in the two groups are compared.

For patients admitted to critical care units, 30 minutes of music before sleep is used along with an acupressure band. The next day, sleep quality and blood glucose are measured by an individual who is unaware of the patients' grouping.

Among patients admitted to critical care units, patients who are conscious enough to complete the questionnaires, are between 18 and 85 years old, have been admitted to the critical care unit in the past 72 hours, do not have any contagious diseases, and do not have hearing or skin problems to receive the intervention will be included in the study.

Playing the patient's preferred music using headphones for 30 minutes one to two hours before sleep and using acupressure bands on the Nigan point (P6) of both hands from the time the music was played until the next morning for patients in the intervention group.

sleep quality, blood glucose

Randomization is done using stratified permuted block randomization. Patients are divided into groups according to age (>65 years and <65 years) and gender (male, female). For each stratum, a separate random assignment continues to reach the sample size. For random assignment in each stratum, six blocks of (A, B), which include different states of test and control sequences (AABBAA, ABABAB, …), are used. Block selection and randomization is done with website (URL: https://www.sealedenvelope.com).

The patients in the study and the researcher are aware of the study grouping, but the person who measures the study outcomes the next day is unaware of the grouping of patients in the study.