Music, Pregnancy, Therapy
Conditions
Keywords
Pregnant, Anxiety, Depression., Flamenco music
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.
Interventions
OTHERMusic Therapy
to listen flamenco music during 30 minuts per day during 2 weeks
Sponsors
Telethusa Centre for Flamenco Research
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed