Effect of Music Psychotherapy During Pregnancy on Maternal Depression, Anxiety, Health Changes After Delivery and Neonatal Outcomes at Adventist Hospital, Bekwai Municipality
- Conditions
- Psychological Morbidity and Pregnancy Outcome
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 1433
Eligible pregnant women will be those who
(i) had scored Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) score=10 at screening .The PHQ-9 is a 9-item self-report screening measure for depression symptoms, which is widely used in clinical practice and research.
(ii) Age > or =18years old, not require urgent medical or psychiatric attention, and was able to give informed consent personally.
(iii) Pregnancy at second trimester at the time of screening and recruitment.
(iv) Not exposure to drugs, other than those prescribed by their gynecologist and (v) who had no early being diagnosis with anxiety and depression symptoms.
on the other hand, are qualities that exclude potential participants from participation in the research.
Pregnant women will be excluded if they were already getting treatment or if they did not live in the research region on a permanent basis (i.e. less than 6 months’ residency).
If a fetal anomaly will be discovered during ultrasonography, or if there will be obstetric difficulties or a significant psychosocial risk at the time of recruiting, the candidate will be ruled out.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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