highly significantp < 0.001
As shown in Table 2 , the analysis revealed highly significant reductions in: Systolic blood pressure (t (149) = 28.14, p < 0.001) Diastolic blood pressure (t (149) = 27.61, p < 0.001) Pulse rate (t (149) = 21.70, p < 0.001) In addition, there was a statistically significant improvement in: SPO 2 (oxygen saturation) ( t (149) = –2.27, p = 0.023) These results strongly support the hypothesis that music therapy leads to significant improvements in physiological markers of anxiety following exposure to stress. 6.