Does music help people sleep

Answer 1

Well it does for me, but some people can not fall to sleep by music.

It really depends on what type of music. Studies have shown that if the music has singing or vocals, it will actually help prevent you from sleeping since you are accustomed to listening and following the words.

However, if you are listening to classical or some kind of sound scape ambiance it really depends on what kind of sleeper you are and what relaxes you.

If you are a light sleeper music will probably not help you sleep, although in some cases people will use a machine that makes a constant wind-like noise or sometimes a machine that will simulate the ambiance of a rain forest or other nature sounds to help calm/relax them to help them sleep.

If you find that listening to a rain forest while laying in your bed induces a state of drowsiness and makes your eyelids become heavy, then you benefit from listening to something.

A study that was done:

"Sixty people aged 60-83 years with difficulty in sleeping were recruited through com

munity leaders and screened using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Those reporting depression, cognitive impairment, medical or environmental problems that might interfere with sleep; and those who used sleeping medications, meditation, or caffeine at bedtime were excluded. Participants listened to their choice among six 45-minute sedative music tapes at bedtime for 3 weeks. There were five types of Western and one of Chinese music. Sleep quality was measured with the PSQI before the study and at three weekly post-tests. Groups were comparable on demographic variables, anxiety, depressive symptoms, physical activity, bedtime routine, herbal tea use, napping, pain, and pretest overall sleep quality.

Results. Music resulted in significantly better sleep quality in the experimental group, as well as significantly better components of sleep quality: better perceived sleep quality, longer sleep duration, greater sleep efficiency, shorter sleep latency, less sleep disturbance and less daytime dysfunction (P = 0·04-0·001). Sleep improved

weekly, indicating a cumulative dose effect.

Conclusion. The findings provide evidence for the use of soothing music as an empirically-based intervention for sleep in older people."

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118563210/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0