Effect of music therapy during vaginal delivery on postpartum pain relief and mental health

Abstract Background Childbirth is an important experience in a woman's life, and unfavorable birth experiences have been shown to negatively impact postpartum maternal health. Aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of music therapy on postpartum pain, anxiety level, satisfaction and earl...

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Published in:Journal of affective disorders 2014-03, Vol.156, p.194-199
Main Authors: Simavli, Serap, Kaygusuz, Ikbal, Gumus, Ilknur, Usluogulları, Betul, Yildirim, Melahat, Kafali, Hasan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anxiety
Anxiety - prevention & control
Anxiety - psychology
Anxiety-Depression
Biological and medical sciences
Delivery, Obstetric - psychology
Depression, Postpartum - prevention & control
Female
Humans
Labor Pain - diagnosis
Labor Pain - psychology
Labor Pain - therapy
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Mothers - psychology
Music
Music Therapy
Pain
Pain Measurement
Parturition - psychology
Patient Satisfaction
Pospartum depression
Postnatal depression
Postpartum pain
Postpartum Period - psychology
Postpartum women
Pregnancy
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Satisfaction
Treatments
Young Adult
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Summary:Abstract Background Childbirth is an important experience in a woman's life, and unfavorable birth experiences have been shown to negatively impact postpartum maternal health. Aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of music therapy on postpartum pain, anxiety level, satisfaction and early pospartum depression rate. Methods Totally 161 primiparous women were recruited and randomized either music group ( n =80) or a control group ( n =81). Women in the music group listened to self-selected music during labor. Postpartum pain intensity, anxiety level and satisfaction rate were measured using the visual analog scale (VAS), postpartum depression rate was assessed with Edinburg Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS) at postpartum day one and day eight. Results Mothers in the music therapy group had a lower level of postpartum pain and anxiety than the control group and it was statistically significant at all time intervals (1, 4, 8, 16 and 24 h, p
ISSN:0165-0327
1573-2517
DOI:10.1016/j.jad.2013.12.027