Music Therapy for Women, Delivered Via Cesarean Section

Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University126 enrolled

Overview

Musical therapy is a type of therapy which is performed under a regular method by adjusting the physiological and psychological effects of musical tones and melodies in accordance with various situations. Therefore, the study was carried out as a randomized controlled trial in order to evaluate the effect of music therapy on the level of pain and anxiety in the postpartum period in women who delivered via cesarean section.

Objectives: The study was carried out in order to determine the effect of music therapy on the level of postpartum pain and anxiety in women who delivered via cesarean section. Design, setting and subjects: The randomized controlled trial was conducted on 126 women who delivered via cesarean section in a tertiary hospital. The subjects were allocated to three groups (n=42 each) Interventions: In the experimental group 1 (once a day) and group 2 (twice a day) were made to listen to music for 30 minutes for two consecutive days. The control group routine care of 30 min a day in bed rest. The Personal Information Form, Visual Analog Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory were administered to participants. In the analysis of the data, one-way ANOVA, paired t-test, Kruskal Wallis-H and Wilcoxon tests were used. Main outcome measures: State anxiety level and pain level.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

126

Conditions

Cesarean Section Postpartum Period

Interventions

Music TherapyBEHAVIORAL

Music Therapy

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 49 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * being at the age of 18 and above, * being healthy, * having given a live birth, * having no hearing impairment, * complication not having developed either in the mother or the baby Exclusion Criteria: * being at the age of 17 and below, * being unhealthy, * having given a stillbirth, * having hearing impairment, * complication having developed either in the mother or the baby

Locations (1)

Eylem TOKER

Kahramanmaraş, Dulkadiroglu, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

Anxiety level by State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

Time frame: On the first and second days after C-section, change from first anxiety level at 30 minutes.The inventory has a Likert type scale of 20 items which aim to measure the state anxiety level.Higher scores indicate greater anxiety

Visual Analog Scale (VAS)

Pain Level by Visual Analog Scale

Time frame: On the first and second days after C-section, change from first pain level at 30 minute.The patient marks the pain he/she feels on a scale of 10 cm (100 mm), pain point 1 means "no pain", pain point 10 means "worst pain possible."

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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