The Effect of Music on Nonstress Test and Pregnant Women's Satisfaction

Summary

This study was conducted as a randomized controlled trial. This study was conducted to determine the effect of music on nonstress test and pregnant woman's satisfaction. The study was conducted with pregnant women who applied for non-stress testing at a hospital in Samsun, Turkey, between September 2021 and September 2022. Pregnant women who met the research criteria were divided into two groups: physical and control groups. The research was completed experimentally with a total of 111 pregnant women, 56 experimental and 55 control. The researcher had a face-to-face interview with all the pregnant women and filled out the "Pregnant Introduction Form". Then, the vital signs of the pregnant women were taken and the pregnant women were placed in the left side-lying position. Fundus height, situs and position were determined using Leopold maneuvers. During the non-stress test shooting, the music group was allowed to listen to music for at least 20 minutes during the NST period. No intervention was made to the control group. After the non-stress test is completed, the "Satisfaction Evaluation Scale" is taken by the pregnant woman herself. The "Nonstress Test Monitoring Form" was filled out by the researcher through notification. The data of the study were evaluated using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences program. All data were first analyzed by Kolmogorov-Smirnov for conformity with normal distribution. were evaluated and then analyzed according to their suitability for normal distribution. For descriptive statistics, percentage across the board, arithmetic mean±standard deviation for those with normal distribution, median and minimum-maximum values for those that did not fit were used. In the analysis of the data, student t test and ANOVA test were used for those that were suitable for normal distribution, and Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests were used for those that were not suitable for normal distribution. Type 1 error level was taken as 0.05.

Conditions

• Music

Interventions

OTHER

Music Group

Pregnant women who came to the hospital for non-stress testing were met and informed about the study. The procedure was applied for non-stress testing. In the music group, the pregnant woman, who was assigned to the next group according to randomization during the non-stress test, was allowed to listen to music with disposable headphones for at least 20 minutes until the procedure was completed. At the same time, the mother will be asked to close her eyes and be relaxed. Headphones used to prevent infection were given to the pregnant woman as a gift at the end of the procedure.

OTHER

Control Group

Pregnant women who came to the hospital for non-stress testing were met and informed about the study. The procedure was applied for non-stress testing. During the non-stress test, routine non-stress test was performed on the pregnant control group, which was assigned to the next group according to randomization.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ondokuz Mayıs University

  collaborator OTHER

• Resmiye KAYA ODABAŞ

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Yasemin Sökmen, Dr · Ondokuz Mayıs University

• Resmiye Kaya Odabaş, Dr · Kocaeli University

• Bahadır Yazıcıoğlu, Dr · Samsun Provincial Health Directorate

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

35 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-09-02

Primary Completion

2022-09-12

Completion

2023-12-31

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations