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Tactile Stimulus, Music Play and Virtual Reality Video Watching During Non-Stress Test on Maternal Anxiety and Fetal Parameters

Effects of Tactile Stimulus, Music Play and Virtual Reality Video Watching During Non-Stress Test on Maternal Anxiety and Fetal Parameters: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05492058
Enrollment
120
Registered
2022-08-08
Start date
2022-07-05
Completion date
2022-07-10
Last updated
2022-08-08

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Conditions

Fetal Heart Failure, Fetal Movement Disorder

Keywords

nursing, fetal health, women, women health

Brief summary

The research was carried out to determine the effects of tactile stimulation, music listening and virtual reality video watched during the non-stress test on maternal anxiety level and fetal parameters.

Interventions

OTHERtactile stimulation group

The tactile stimulation group will be asked to touch their own abdomen during the NST procedure.

Pregnant women in the music group will listen to a song they want with headphones during the NST procedure.

OTHERvirtual reality group

Pregnant women in the virtual reality group will be shown a nature walk video with nature sounds (stream, bird, etc.) during the NST procedure.

Sponsors

Adiyaman University Research Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
19 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* \- Not having any risk factors (pre-eclampsia, IUGG, premature rupture of membranes, getational diabetes, etc.) during pregnancy * Absence of uterine contraction as a result of NST, * No cardiovascular disease diagnosed in the fetus, * Being in the 18-49 age group

Exclusion criteria

* Any complications in pregnancy and fetus * Refusal to accept the final test

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Fetal heart rate, fetal movement20 minutesnumber
Maternal anxiety20 minutesSTAI State Anxiety Inventory The emotions and behaviors expressed in the State Anxiety Inventory (STAI TX-I) items are answered by marking one of the options such as (1) never, (2) a little, (3) a lot, (4) completely, according to the severity of such experiences. The options in the Anxiety Scale are almost never(1), sometimes(2), often(3), almost always(4). Scoring ranges from 1 to 4. In the scale, there are direct or straight and reversed statements. Direct statements indicate negative emotions, reversed statements indicate positive emotions.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026