Classical Music Therapy as The Intervention to Relieve Headache in A Meningitis Patient

Abstract

<div><p class="Keywords"><strong>Objective</strong>: Headache is a manifestation of inflammatory response from meningeal infection. Headache may affect client physically and psychologically thus it requires treatment. This paper aimed to analyze implementation of classical music therapy as non-pharmacological intervention in relieving headache in patient with meningitis.</p><p class="Keywords"><strong>Methods</strong>: This was a case study to evaluate the effectiveness of classical music therapy to relieve patient’s headache. The intervention was implemented for 3 days long by playing Beethoven Symphony 6. The headache was evaluated by using McGill Pain Questionnaire.</p><p class="Keywords"><strong>Results</strong>: The result indicated a decrease in pain intensity from score of 8 to 6 in the third day of implementation.</p><p class="Keywords"><strong>Conclusion</strong>: Classical music therapy relieved headache in patient with meningitis. Nurses are suggested to implement classical music therapy on client with headache in order to relieve and alleviate pain.</p></div><strong>Key words</strong>: Classical music, meningitis, pain

Dichotomy of music in the approach of tension-type headache

“…11 In a more specific approach, it is revealed that classical music can be used in the context of headaches resulting from meningitis, which, despite not being the focus of this work, has similar effects on the brain region of the patient. 9 Thus, a patient was exposed to classical music for 12 minutes and 15 seconds for 3 sessions over 3 days, obtaining positive results, relieving the intensity of pain, and reducing emotional stress. In the same way, when analyzing what was raised by Study 4 (Table 1), referring to the effects of classical music therapy against headache in hypertensive patients, it was shown to be advantageous, since all the groups that received the intervention had the intensity of the symptom reduced.…”

“…Again, it is important to emphasize that the tests of the referred studies were not directed to patients with tension-type headache, thus becoming a factor for analogies, aiming at the physiological effect that music caused in both studies, dilating the encephalic vessels, and making the blood more fluid in this region. 9,11,12…”

“…8 It has thus been found that "classical music therapy can relieve the intensity of headache attack and reduce emotional stress". 9 Since, according to the same authors, the effects of the intervention consist in the acceleration of cerebral blood flow, reducing the pressure in these vessels, starting from an interaction of hormones related to relaxation. Given the relevance of the topic in the current situation, both by the frequent incidence of headache, and the significance and scope of music at different times throughout life, the development of this work is based focusing on the relationship of the elements mentioned above.…”