Effects of music listening on stress, anxiety, and sleep quality for sleep-disturbed pregnant women
Liu YH, Lee CS, Yu CH, Chen CH
Women & health · 60 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
- Government
- National Science Council Taiwan
- Grants
- National Science Council (NSC 95-2314-B-006-131-MY3)
Based on 2 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2015-09-11 · Women Health · vol. 56 · issue 3 · pp. 296–311
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Cited
- 114 citations · more than 93% of similar papers · 4.2× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 59 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Sleep and related disorders · Music Therapy and Health · Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Keywords
- Active listening, Anxiety, Sleep (system call), Sleep quality, Psychology, Stress (linguistics), Clinical psychology, Audiology, Medicine, Developmental psychology, Psychiatry, Insomnia, Psychotherapist, Computer science
- MeSH
- humans, sleep initiation and maintenance disorders, treatment outcome, music therapy, stress, psychological, anxiety, sleep, anxiety disorders, pregnancy, time factors, music, adult, female, pregnant people
4 authors
From TW, US
- Yu-Hsiang LiuFooyin University; National Cheng Kung University
- ChihChen Sophia LeeSouthwestern Oklahoma State University; Weatherford (United States)
- Chen-Hsiang YuNational Cheng Kung University
- Chung‐Hey Chen · correspondingNational Cheng Kung University
Abstract
Prenatal sleep disturbance has been associated with undesirable birthing outcomes. To determine the effectiveness of listening to music at home in improving sleep quality, 121 Taiwanese pregnant women with poor sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [PSQI] score > 5) were systematically assigned, with a random start to music listening (n = 61) or control (n = 60) group. Participants in the music listening group self-regulated listening to music in addition to receiving general prenatal care similar to that in the control group for 2 weeks. The PSQI and State-Anxiety Inventory were used to assess outcomes. ANCOVA analyses were used with the pretest scores as covariates and showed significant improvement in sleep quality, stress, and anxiety in the music listening group compared with the control group. The most frequently used music genre by participants in the experimental group was lullabies, followed by classical music and crystal baby music. This study supported the theory that 2-week music listening interventions may reduce stress, anxiety, and yield better sleep quality for sleep-disturbed pregnant women. The analysis of participants' journals also implied that the expectant mothers' choices of musical genres may correlate more with perceived prenatal benefits or the desire to interact with their unborn child.
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