Assignment on Nursing Intervention

Running head: NURSING INTERVENTION
ROLE OF MUSIC IN THE TREATMENT OF ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY
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Introduction
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental mental
disorder that affects the attention paying ability of teens and kids around the world. The
symptoms of this disease generally appears after the age of twelve and it may result in decreased
performance in school, cognitive ability, impairment. However, according to some researchers,
distractions such as music and volume has enhancing effects on the cognitive development of the
children suffering from ADHD (Cahill et al., 2012). In this critical analysis, a research design to
answer the proposed research questions is going to be discussed. Relevancy of that with some
recent research literatures are going to be discussed.
Research question
The prime aim of the research is to find out the relationship between music and reduction
in the adverse effects of ADHD in children. The use of medication to treat the patients with
ADHD can lead to several negative effects as well. Children some time suffer with loss of
appetite, sleepless ness, mood swings, and headaches and so on. Therefore, the need for
interventions to treat the disorder with some effective ways other than medication has increased
(Zhang et al., 2012). This critical analysis proposed few research questions regarding ADHD and
such as-
 What is the role of music therapy in the treatment of ADHD?
 Which one is associated with lower level of impulsivity, rock or country music?
 What is the association music intervention with lower level of impulsivity on
ADHD?

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Further, a research design to find the answers to these research questions has been mentioned in
the next section of this analysis.
Research designs
To find the answers of the proposed research questions, a proper research design need to
be created. The research design that has been chosen for this research topic in quantitative
research study. Randomized Clinical Trial or RCT will be used for the research (Neff & Germer,
2013). The sampling, methodology and process are going to be discussed.
Sampling
The sampling method, that has been chosen for sample population is probability-
sampling technique. In this technique, every individual in the public bears a chance to be
selected as a member in the RCT study. Within this technique, a random selection process will
be carried out to select the children for trial group as well as the control group. The prime
advantage of this sampling technique is that, it represents the entire population due to its random
selection method.
Methodology
After the selection of the population for the randomized control trial, the members will be
divided into two groups, namely intervention group and the control group. Total 50 children will
be selected for the intervention research within which, 25 children will be a part of intervention
team, and other 25 will be a part of control team. The intervention team will go through the
music intervention. Few of them will listen to rock music whereas others will listen to country
music. The other group will not be a part of intervention and will continue the medication only.