therapist, on depressive symptoms and loneliness in institutionalized geriatric individuals having mild depression. The study was conducted as a randomized control trial. The experiment group (n=40) received daily music therapy in form of group singing lead by a music therapist for three weeks. The control group (n=40) did not receive any specific intervention. Baseline and weekly Geriatric Depression Scale â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Short Form (GDS-SF) and UCLA Loneliness Scale scores were recorded in both groups. Statistically significant improvement (P<0.001) was seen in both the scores at end of three weeks in experiment group in both inter-group and intra-group comparison. No adverse event was reported. Keywords: Depression, Depressive Disorder, Geriatric Psychiatry, Complementary Therapies, Music Therapy Poster 6: EFFECT OF MUSIC ON HYPERTENSION AUTHORS: Narendiran.N , Shanmuga Priya, Dr.S.Sakthidevi, M.D.S., Dr.I .Karthikeyan M.D.S Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, SBV, Pondicherry Abstract : Listening to music is a common leisure activity, made especially convenient with the variety of music players available to the consumers. There are several individual reactions to music that are dependent on individual preferences, mood emotions. Hypertension is one of the leading risk factors influencing morbidity and mortality.There is need for non-pharmacological management for the same. Music is known to reduce anxiety and holds promise for non pharmacological management of hypertension owing to low cost, ease of administration and safety. The efficacy of music to reduce blood pressure (BP) has not been established. So,
high blood pressure (hypertension) is a
common condition. Left untreated it is associated with serious conditions such as heart attack, stroke, heart failure and kidney disease. There are a variety of causes that are associated with hypertension and one of them is stress. At very high blood pressure, there is the risk of over-loading the heart compounded by possibility of bursting of minute blood vessels that supply the brain cells and other vital organs with possibility of endohemorrhegic complications and death, the human body system requires regulated blood pressure level to maintain its homeostasis. One relationship which has been studied is the effect that listening to music has on blood pressure; interestingly, different studies have come to different conclusions. In a study, after three month of music listening, researchers say systolic blood pressure significantly decreased, by nearly 6 69