Effects of music therapy on labour pain and anxiety in Taiwanese first-time mothers
Liu YH, Chang MY, Chen CH
Journal of clinical nursing · 54 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- National Science Council
Based on 1 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2010-03-12 · J Clin Nurs · vol. 19 · issue 7-8 · pp. 1065–1072
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Cited
- 128 citations · more than 96% of similar papers · 6.1× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 41 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
- Keywords
- Anxiety, Music therapy, Visual analogue scale, Cervical dilation, Medicine, Physical therapy, Randomized controlled trial, Coping (psychology), Clinical psychology, Psychology, Psychiatry, Pregnancy, Surgery
- MeSH
- humans, labor pain, natural childbirth, music therapy, anxiety, parity, pregnancy, labor, obstetric, adolescent, adult, taiwan, female
3 authors
From TW
- Yu‐Hsiang LiuNational Tainan Institute of Nursing; Fooyin University; National Cheng Kung University
- Mei‐Yueh ChangNational Tainan Institute of Nursing; Fooyin University; National Cheng Kung University
- Chung‐Hey Chen · correspondingNational Tainan Institute of Nursing; Fooyin University; National Cheng Kung University
Abstract
Aims
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of music on pain reaction and anxiety during labour.
Background
Music therapy has been used on clinical medicine. Only few scientific studies validate the value on labour women.
Design
Randomised controlled trial.
Methods
Sixty primiparas expected to have a normal spontaneous delivery were randomly assigned to either the experimental group (n = 30) or the control group (n = 30). The experimental group received routine care and music therapy, whereas the control group received routine care only. A self-report visual analogue scale for pain and a nurse-rated present behavioural intensity were used to measure labour pain. Anxiety was measured with a visual analogue scale for anxiety and finger temperature. Pain and anxiety between groups were compared during the latent phase (2-4 cm cervical dilation) and active phase (5-7 cm) separately.
Results
Our results revealed that compared with the control group, the experimental group had significantly lower pain, anxiety and a higher finger temperature during the latent phase of labour. However, no significant differences were found between the two groups on all outcome measures during the active phase.
Conclusions
This study provides evidence for the use of music as an empirically based intervention of women for labour pain and anxiety during the latent phase of labour.
Relevance to clinical practice
The findings support that music listening is an acceptable and non-medical coping strategy for labouring women. Especially, apply in reducing the pain and anxiety for women who are at the early phase of labour.
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