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Music therapy to relieve anxiety in pregnant women on bedrest: a randomized, controlled trial
Min Yang1, Lingjiang Li, Haili Zhu
1The Mental Health Institute, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha Hunan, China. yangmin426@yahoo.com.cn
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.