Music Interventions for Anxiety in Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Lin CJ, Chang YC, Chang YH, Hsiao YH, Lin HH, Liu SJ, Chao CA, Wang H, Yeh TL
Journal of clinical medicine · 27 citations
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- Meta-analysis (classified by our AI screen)
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- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
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- Independent funding
- University or hospital
- Mackay Memorial Hospital
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Publication
- Published
- 2019-11-06 · J Clin Med · vol. 8 · issue 11 · p. 1884
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Cited
- 48 citations · more than 61% of similar papers · 0.7× the field average
- References
- 39 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Music Therapy and Health · Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Keywords
- Medicine, Anxiety, Randomized controlled trial, Psychological intervention, Meta-analysis, Childbirth, Music therapy, Strictly standardized mean difference, Subgroup analysis, Confidence interval, Cochrane Library, Anxiolytic, Pregnancy, Physical therapy, Psychiatry, Internal medicine
9 authors
From TW
- Chien‐Ju LinMackay Memorial Hospital
- Yu‐Chen ChangMackay Memorial Hospital
- Yu-Han ChangMackay Memorial Hospital
- Yu-Hsuan HsiaoMackay Memorial Hospital
- Hsin-Hui LinMackay Memorial Hospital
- Shu‐Jung LiuMackay Memorial Hospital
Abstract
Prenatal anxiety is extremely common and may result in adverse effects on both the mother and the baby. Music interventions have been used to reduce anxiety in various medical patients and in pregnant women during childbirth. This study aims to assess the clinical efficacy of music interventions in women during pregnancy rather than during labor. Seven databases were searched from inception to September 2019 without language restrictions. We included only randomized controlled trials that compared music intervention and control groups for anxiety reduction in pregnant women. We used the revised Cochrane risk-of-bias tool (RoB 2.0) for quality assessment. Finally, 11 studies with 1482 participants were included. The pooled meta-analysis results showed that music interventions significantly decreased anxiety levels (standardized mean difference (SMD), -0.42; 95% confidence interval (CI), -0.83 to -0.02; I2 = 91%). Moreover, subgroup analysis showed that listening to music at home had significant anxiolytic benefits (SMD, -0.28; 95% CI, -0.47 to -0.08; I2 = 0%). However, meta-regression revealed a nonsignificant trend for increase in the anxiety-reducing effects of music interventions with increasing maternal age. In conclusion, music interventions may be beneficial in reducing anxiety and may be applied in pregnant women.
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