The music that helps people sleep and the reasons they believe it works: A mixed methods analysis of online survey reports
Fig 2
Responses to the limited option form from the UK sleep survey: “How do you use music to help you sleep?” (n = 403).
Dashed line indicates the mean. Q1 = "Music helps me to physically relax", Q2 = "Music helps me to mentally relax", Q3 = "Music distracts me from the stress of the day just gone”, Q4 = "Music helps reduce worry about the next day", Q5 = "Music improves my mood before sleep", Q6 = "Music blocks out other sound that would otherwise distract my sleep", Q7 = "Music helps me to think about my day ahead”, Q8 = "Music helps me reflect on the day just past”, Q9 = "Music triggers memories that help me sleep", Q10 = "Music helps me to enter an alternative state/to meditate".