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The Effects of Music Therapy on Women's Anxiety Before and During Cesarean Delivery

NCT01049477 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2017-11-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine if listening to your choice of music with a portable mp3 player before and after a cesarean section for delivery of a baby will decrease the patient's anxiety level.

Conditions

  • Pregnancy
  • Cesarean Section

Interventions

OTHER

Music group

The patients randomized to the music group of the study will listen to music 30 minutes in the holding room prior to their c/s. They will then listen to music after their c/s for 30 minutes. They will complete the STAI before and after their c/s.

OTHER

Non music group

Patients randomized to the non music group will complete the STAI before and after their c/s, but not listen to music.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Wake Forest University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Heather Mertz, MD · Wake Forest University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-09-30
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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