The Effects of Music Therapy on Women's Anxiety Before and During Cesarean Delivery

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pregnancy; Cesarean Section
• Interventions: Other: Music group; Other: Non music group

• Registration Number: NCT01049477
• Lead Sponsor: Wake Forest University

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine if listening to your choice of music with a portable mp3 player before and after a cesarean section for delivery of a baby will decrease the patient's anxiety level.

Detailed Description

Music has been suggested and evaluated as a therapeutic intervention to reduce preoperative anxiety for surgical patients. Music intervention in the immediate preoperative period may be effective in lowering anxiety levels during Cesarean delivery. If this investigation shows that music intervention before and after Cesarean delivery reduces anxiety levels, this intervention can be integrated into future operative care for women having scheduled or emergency Cesarean deliveries. Music therapy could be expanded to included patients undergoing other surgical procedures under regional anesthesia. The effect of reducing anxiety levels could aid in lactation initiation and improve infant bonding in new mothers, but it could also shorten postoperative recovery time for all surgical patients.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-09
• Study First Submitted: 2010-01-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-01-13
• Study First Posted: 2010-01-14
• Status Verified: 2014-12
• Primary Completion: 2014-12
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-11-06
• Last Update Posted: 2017-11-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

Women age 18 and older with a history of one prior Cesarean delivery that are scheduled for a repeat Cesarean delivery under regional anesthesia, or women who are undergoing a primary cesarean section will be eligible to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

Women with cardiovascular disease, chronic hypertension, insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, multiple gestation pregnancies, psychiatric disorders, and fetal anomaly.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Music therapy	Music group	Experimental arm includes women undergoing cesarean section delivery listening to music before and after c/s. STAI will be completed pre and post operatively.
Music therapy	Non music group	Experimental arm includes women undergoing cesarean section delivery listening to music before and after c/s. STAI will be completed pre and post operatively.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The intervention of patient-selected music before and after Cesarean delivery will decrease anxiety levels in a patient population undergoing Cesarean delivery.	Before and after cesarean delivery

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Forsyth Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States