Find in Library

<p><strong>Objective</strong> To explore the arousal of people with high stress-related sleep vulnerability and the effect of music intervention on hyperarousal.<strong> Methods </strong> A total of 33 healthy subjects from China Rehabilitation Research Center were enrolled in this study. Based on the median value (17 score) of Ford Insomnia Response to Stress Test-Chinese Version (FIRST-C), they were divided into 2 groups: 16 cases of high stress-related sleep vulnerability and 17 cases of low stress-related sleep vulnerability. Multi-parameter physiological indexes monitoring system of Thought Technology Ltd. was used to gather physiological indicators [blood volume pulse (BVP), skin temperature, skin conduction, respiration rate, respiration amplitude and heart rate], and brain wave [δ wave, θ wave, low α wave and high α wave, α wave, sensory - motor rhythm (SMR), low β wave and high β wave].  <strong>Results </strong> Compared with low vulnerability subjects, high vulnerability subjects had significantly higher skin conduction (<em>P</em> = 0.003, 0.001), amplitude of SMR (<em>P</em> = 0.015, 0.031) and low β wave (<em>P</em> = 0.000, 0.001) before and after treatment, while had significantly increased high β wave after treatment (<em>P</em> = 0.004). After treatment, all subjects had significantly reduced BVP (<em>P</em> = 0.000), increased skin temperature (<em>P</em> = 0.000), increased respiration rate (P = 0.008) and reduced heart rate (<em>P</em> = 0.000). Compared with before treatment, high vulnerability subjects had significantly reduced skin conduction (<em>P</em> = 0.001), respiratory amplitude (<em>P</em> = 0.032), high α wave (<em>P </em>= 0.017) and low β wave (<em>P</em> = 0.013) after treatment. Compared with before treatment, low vulnerability subjects had significantly reduced skin conduction (P = 0.039), low α wave (<em>P</em> = 0.035), high α wave (<em>P</em> = 0.031), α wave (<em>P</em> = 0.044) and low β wave (<em>P</em> = 0.015) after treatment.  <strong>Conclusions </strong> Both physiological and cortical hyperarousal are presented in people with high stress-related sleep vulnerability in resting state. Music intervention can improve the hyperarousal of high vulnerability people, especially their physiological indicators. It can be used as a health management technique to prevent people with high stress-related sleep vulnerability from developing into chronic insomnia.</p><p> </p><p><strong>DOI: </strong>10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2017.05.005</p>