Music Therapy for Women, Delivered Via Cesarean Section
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04111575 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : October 1, 2019
Last Update Posted : October 1, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Cesarean Section Postpartum Period | Behavioral: Music Therapy | Not Applicable |
Objectives: The study was carried out in order to determine the effect of music therapy on the level of postpartum pain and anxiety in women who delivered via cesarean section.
Design, setting and subjects: The randomized controlled trial was conducted on 126 women who delivered via cesarean section in a tertiary hospital. The subjects were allocated to three groups (n=42 each) Interventions: In the experimental group 1 (once a day) and group 2 (twice a day) were made to listen to music for 30 minutes for two consecutive days. The control group routine care of 30 min a day in bed rest. The Personal Information Form, Visual Analog Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory were administered to participants. In the analysis of the data, one-way ANOVA, paired t-test, Kruskal Wallis-H and Wilcoxon tests were used.
Main outcome measures: State anxiety level and pain level.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 126 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | Design, setting and subjects: The randomized controlled trial was conducted on 126 women who delivered via cesarean section in a tertiary hospital. The subjects were allocated to three groups (n=42 each) Interventions: In the experimental group 1 (once a day) and group 2 (twice a day) were made to listen to music for 30 minutes for two consecutive days. The control group routine care of 30 min a day in bed rest. The Personal Information Form, Visual Analog Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory were administered to participants. |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Care Provider) |
Primary Purpose: | Supportive Care |
Official Title: | The Effect of Turkish Classical Music on Postpartum Pain and Anxiety in Women Who Delivered Via Cesarean Section |
Actual Study Start Date : | February 5, 2018 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | July 2, 2018 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | October 26, 2018 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: music therapy group 1
The mothers in the experimental group 1 received music therapy for 30 minutes a day.They listened music for two consecutive days, considering the first day after the C-section as the beginning day.
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Behavioral: Music Therapy
Music Therapy
Other Name: musicotherapy |
Experimental: music therapy group 2
The mothers in the experimental group 1 received music therapy for 30 minutes twice a day. They listened music for two consecutive days, considering the first day after the C-section as the beginning day.
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Behavioral: Music Therapy
Music Therapy
Other Name: musicotherapy |
No Intervention: control group
the control group were made to rest in bed for 30 minutes a day for two consecutive days, considering the first day after the C-section as the beginning day.
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- State-Trait Anxiety Inventory [ Time Frame: On the first and second days after C-section, change from first anxiety level at 30 minutes.The inventory has a Likert type scale of 20 items which aim to measure the state anxiety level.Higher scores indicate greater anxiety ]Anxiety level by State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
- Visual Analog Scale (VAS) [ Time Frame: On the first and second days after C-section, change from first pain level at 30 minute.The patient marks the pain he/she feels on a scale of 10 cm (100 mm), pain point 1 means "no pain", pain point 10 means "worst pain possible." ]Pain Level by Visual Analog Scale

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 49 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- being at the age of 18 and above,
- being healthy,
- having given a live birth,
- having no hearing impairment,
- complication not having developed either in the mother or the baby
Exclusion Criteria:
- being at the age of 17 and below,
- being unhealthy,
- having given a stillbirth,
- having hearing impairment,
- complication having developed either in the mother or the baby

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Turkey | |
Eylem TOKER | |
Kahramanmaraş, Dulkadiroglu, Turkey, 46100 |
Publications of Results:
Other Publications:
Responsible Party: | Eylem Toker, Assistant Professor Doctor, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04111575 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
19.04.2017/No:7-35 |
First Posted: | October 1, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 1, 2019 |
Last Verified: | September 2019 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
cesarean section Music therapy Anxiety Pain |