Flamenco Music Therapy in Pregnant

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Pregnancy; Music; Therapy
• Interventions: Other: Music Therapy

• Registration Number: NCT04153695
• Lead Sponsor: Telethusa Centre for Flamenco Research

Brief Summary

The use of music as a therapy for the psychological and emotional improvement of pregnant women has been well studied. Our hypothesis is that flamenco music can also involve psycho-emotional improvements in pregnant women

Detailed Description

The objective of the study is to analyze the effects of a flamenco musical intervention on the stress and anxiety of pregnant women in five Management Units of the Sanitary District in Bahía de Cádiz-La Janda (Spain).

50 pregnant women will voluntarily participate in this study (25 in a control group and 25 in the experimental group) The psychological health assessment will be measured through the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (S-STAI) and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EDPS) pre and post exposure.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-08-01
• Status Verified: 2019-11
• Study First Submitted: 2019-11-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-11-04
• Study First Posted: 2019-11-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-11-09
• Last Update Posted: 2019-11-13
• Primary Completion: 2019-12-19
• Study Completion: 2020-01-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

• Volunteer
• Single pregnancy
• Uncomplicated pregnancy,
• Expectations of vaginal delivery without complications
• Gestational age between 18 and 33 weeks,

Exclusion Criteria

• Visual disorders
• Hearing disorcers
• Mental or cognitive disorders
• Difficulties in pregnancy,
• Medical complications,
• Smoker during the gestation period

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental	Music Therapy	To listen flamenco music during 30 minuts per day, during 2 weks

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perceived Stress Scale	4 months	Perceived Stress Scale is used in order to measure anxiety in adults. It clearly differentiates between the temporary condition of "state anxiety" and the more general and long-standing quality of "trait anxiety". It consists of fourteen questions that refer to the feelings and thoughts of the person surveyed during the last month.; It consists of fourteen questions that refer to the feelings and thoughts of the person surveyed during the last month. The answer format of each question is a Likert scale with five possible options. The minimum value is 0 (never) and maximun is 4 (very often). Higher score means the worse outcome.
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory	4 months	It is a psychological inventory based on a 4-point Likert scale (from 0 or "Almost Never" to 3 or "Almost Always") and it consists of 20 questions on a self-report basis. The STAI measures two types of anxiety - state anxiety, or anxiety about an event, and trait anxiety, or anxiety level as a personal characteristic. Higher scores are positively correlated with higher levels of anxiety, so the worse outcome.
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale	4 Months	The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale is a set of 10 screening questions that can indicate whether a parent has symptoms that are common in women with depression and anxiety during pregnancy and in the year following the birth of a child. This is not intended to provide a diagnosis - only trained health professionals should do this.; Each question has four items and is evaluated from 0 to 3, according to the increase in the severity of the symptom. Questions 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 rank in reverse order. The total score can range from 0 to 30, with 0 being the best result and 30 the worst.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Alfonso Vargas-Macías; 🇪🇸 Cádiz, Spain