Basic Sciences of Medicine
p-ISSN: 2167-7344 e-ISSN: 2167-7352
2018; 7(1): 7-12
doi:10.5923/j.medicine.20180701.02
Sanaz Tajadini1, Hamid Reza Farpour2, Sima Farpour3
1General Linguistics, Ph.D. student, Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
2Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Shiraz Geriatric Research Center, Bone and Joint Diseases Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
3MSc of Speech and Language Therapy, Shiraz Geriatric Research Center, Shiraz, University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Correspondence to: Hamid Reza Farpour, Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Shiraz Geriatric Research Center, Bone and Joint Diseases Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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Objectives: Headache is one of the most common complaints in patients due to physical and mental Problems. Music intervention is proven to have an effective role on reducing and tranquilizing pain intensity in patients. To our knowledge, there is a paucity of evidence for the benefit of music therapy in headache management. The objective of this review was to evaluate the use of music as a complementary approach for primary headache control. Method: Five electronic data bases (Pubmed, Scopus, Science direct, EMBASE, and Central) from 2000 to January 2018 were searched using various keywords: “Tension- type headache”, “Migraine”, “Sound therapy”, and “Music therapy” including the word (and) between these words. Studies were included based on the following criteria: (1) the participants were individuals with TTH and migraine headache; (2) studies assessed headache management; (3) studies assessed the effectiveness of music therapy on these two kinds of headaches. Studies were excluded if participants had any type of secondary or other primary headache and music therapy was not evaluated. Results: Search results identified 19 articles. After manual review of abstracts, 6 of these articles met the inclusion criteria. Conclusion: The combined findings of these articles provide support for the use of music as a complementary, cost effective, and noninvasive approach to the routine care of patients with primary headaches, yet more validated scientific research is still required to explore information about the types of music, optimum duration, and dose of the music with best impact on individuals’ treatment. Further researches should address this issue. The findings of this review are expected to have important implications for clinical settings.
Keywords: Pain,Tension-type headache, Migraine, Music therapy
Cite this paper: Sanaz Tajadini, Hamid Reza Farpour, Sima Farpour, Music as a Complementary Approach to Controlling Primary Headache, Basic Sciences of Medicine , Vol. 7 No. 1, 2018, pp. 7-12. doi: 10.5923/j.medicine.20180701.02.
Figure 1. Flow diagram of the review protocol |
Table 1. Evidence table for selected studies |
Table 2. Evidence table for selected studies |