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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2009 Sep-Oct;34(5):316-23.
doi: 10.1097/01.NMC.0000360425.52228.95.

Music therapy to relieve anxiety in pregnant women on bedrest: a randomized, controlled trial

Min Yang  1 , Lingjiang Li, Haili Zhu, Ivy M Alexander, Shan Liu, Wei Zhou, Xiaohong Ren
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Music therapy to relieve anxiety in pregnant women on bedrest: a randomized, controlled trial

Min Yang et al. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2009 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Purpose: To explore the effect of music therapy on anxiety alleviation for antepartal women on bedrest in China.

Design and methods: One hundred and twenty patients recruited from one tertiary hospital in Changsha city, China were enrolled in a randomized controlled trial. Women in the experimental group received music therapy for 30 minutes on 3 consecutive days. Usual care participants had a 30-minute rest on 3 consecutive days. Variables included anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory), and physiological responses (vital signs, fetal heart rate). Descriptive statistics, t tests, chi tests, Wilcoxon rank sum tests, and Pearson correlation analyses were used to analyze the data.

Results: Anxiety levels decreased and physiological responses improved significantly in the intervention group, which was provided with music therapy while on bedrest.

Clinical implications: Carefully selected music that incorporates a patient's own preferences may offer an inexpensive and effective method to reduce anxiety for antepartal women with high risk pregnancies who are on bedrest.

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