Music for Anxiety Management in Cesarean Delivery

Management of Anxiety and Vital Signs With Music in Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06496932

Enrollment

Registered

2024-07-11

Start date

2023-09-01

Completion date

2024-02-15

Last updated

2024-07-12

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Conditions

Pregnancy

Keywords

cesarean section, music, randomize trial

Brief summary

A randomized controlled trial will be conducted to determine examine the effects of music played during cesarean delivery on maternal anxiety and vital signs.

Detailed description

It will tested the hypotheses that there is no difference between the intervention and control groups of pregnant women after the intervention in terms of anxiety and vita lsymptoms.

Interventions

OTHERListen to music

Women in the intervention groups will listen to nature and bird sounds through over-the-ear headphones after spinal anesthesia for cesarean section until the suturing is completed.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 35 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

\- Aged between 18-35 years, * Undergoing cesarean section under spinal anesthesia, * Experiencing spontaneous and singleton pregnancy, * With a gestational age greater than 37 weeks, * Pregnant individuals who have had at least 4 routine check-ups during pregnancy conducted by a member of the research team, * Scheduled for cesarean section (regardless of the number of previous cesarean sections).

Exclusion criteria

* Having high-risk pregnancies such as preeclampsia, early membrane rupture, and placental abruption, • Being scheduled for emergency cesarean section for any reason

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
anxiete level	37th gestational weeks]	State-Trait Anxiety Inventory: It can be applied to individuals over the age of 14. It consists of 20 items that determine how an individual feels at a certain moment and under certain conditions. The highest score that can be obtained from the scale is 80 and the lowest score is 20. The higher the calculated total anxiety score, the higher the anxiety level of the person filling out the inventory.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

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