The effects of background music on quality of sleep in elementary school children.

@article{Tan2004TheEO,
  title={The effects of background music on quality of sleep in elementary school children.},
  author={Lee Peng Patsy Tan},
  journal={Journal of music therapy},
  year={2004},
  volume={41 2},
  pages={
          128-50
        }
}
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial was to examine the effects of background music on quality of sleep in elementary school children. Convenience sampling was used to recruit a total of 86 fifth graders (43 boys and 43 girls) from an elementary school in a city in Taiwan. Subjects were randomly assigned to the experimental groups (n = 45) and the control group (n = 41). Subjects in the experimental group were given a 45-minute CD of music at naptime everyday and bedtime each night… 
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