School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Complement Ther Med. 2020 Jun;51:102412. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2020.102412. Epub 2020 Apr 22.
The objective of this study was to determine the human health effects (beneficial or adverse) of any singing bowl therapies.
A systematic review was conducted.
The setting was not specified, so it could include clinical and non-clinical settings.
Studies of any intervention predominantly involving singing bowls (e.g. playing singing bowls, listening to singing bowls) were eligible for inclusion. The comparison interventions were not specified, and studies without comparisons (e.g. pre-post studies) were also considered potentially relevant.
Any human health outcome was investigated.
The effects of singing bowls on human health were investigated in four peer-reviewed studies, one of which investigated patients with metastatic cancer, and another those with chronic spinal pain. Low-level designs were used in two studies. Improvements in distress, positive and negative affect, anxiety, depression, fatigue, tension, anger, confusion and vigour were reported, as were improvements in blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, peripheral capillary oxygen saturation, cutaneous conductance, and anterior-frontal alpha values.
Given there were few studies and the potential risk of methodological bias, we cannot recommend singing bowl therapies at this stage. As the evidence suggests positive health effects, we recommend that future studies consider the effect of singing bowl therapies using more robust study methods, allowing for evidence-based recommendations to be made to reduce the disease burden.
本研究旨在确定任何音钵疗法对人类健康的影响（有益或有害）。
进行了系统评价。
未具体说明地点，因此可能包括临床和非临床环境。
任何主要涉及音钵的干预措施的研究（例如演奏音钵、听音钵）都符合纳入标准。未具体说明对照干预措施，并且没有对照的研究（例如前后研究）也被认为是相关的。
任何人类健康结果都进行了调查。
在四项同行评审的研究中调查了音钵对人类健康的影响，其中一项研究调查了转移性癌症患者，另一项研究调查了慢性脊柱疼痛患者。两项研究采用了低水平设计。报告了痛苦、积极和消极情绪、焦虑、抑郁、疲劳、紧张、愤怒、困惑和活力的改善，以及血压、心率、呼吸率、外周毛细血管血氧饱和度、皮肤传导和额前α值的改善。
鉴于研究较少且存在方法学偏倚的潜在风险，我们现阶段不能推荐音钵疗法。由于证据表明对健康有积极影响，我们建议未来的研究采用更可靠的研究方法来考虑音钵疗法的效果，以便提出基于证据的建议来减轻疾病负担。
