According to a new study, listening to music before going to sleep can improve sleep quality among older adults.
The study has been published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society with five randomized trials that met the investigators’ criteria.
Furthermore, listening to music for longer than four weeks was especially effective at improving sleep quality. The authors wrote, “Music intervention is an effective strategy and is easy to administer by a caregiver or healthcare worker.”
The study showed that older adults who listened to music experienced significantly better sleep quality than those who did not listen to music. It also showed that the adults who listened to sedative music experienced a greater improvement in sleep quality than those who listened to more rhythmic music
“Music therapy might be the first line of therapy to recommend in older adults with sleep disturbances, which would reduce the need for dependence on sedatives and sleeping medication.”
