The study was intended to find out the effect of music
intervention on the psychological distress of cardiovascular patients and
cancer patients. The sample under study for music intervention was 30 female
cardiovascular patients and 30 female cancer patients
selected from various hospitals in Kerala. The patients were selected based on
their willingness to attend the intervention program. The tools used were DASS
21 and music CD recorded with seven songs based on Indian ragas like Hindolam,
Abhogi, Hamsadhwani, Sree Ragam, Sreeranjini, Sivaranjani, Revathi,
pre-recorded with the help of an expert musician. The results indicated that
there were significant differences in their level of depression, anxiety, stress and total psychological distress in
both cardiovascular and cancer patients before and after music intervention.
Cardiovascular and cancer patients after music intervention had significantly
lower level of depression, anxiety, stress and total psychological distress
compared to their score on depression, anxiety, stress and psychological
distress before music intervention. The results clearly indicated that music
have a significant effect on the psychological distress of cardiovascular and
cancer patients.
