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The effects of music therapy on labor pain, childbirth experience, and self-esteem during epidural labor analgesia in primiparas: a non-randomized experimental study
- Source :
- Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, Vol 29, Iss 2, Pp 137-145 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Korean Society of Women Health Nursing, 2023.
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Abstract
- Purpose This non-randomized study was performed to evaluate the effects of music therapy on labor pain, the childbirth experience, and self-esteem in women during vaginal delivery. Methods In total, 136 primiparous women over 37 weeks of gestation receiving epidural analgesia during vaginal delivery were recruited via convenience sampling. To minimize diffusion effects, data from the control group (n=71) were collected first (April 2020 to March 2021), followed by data from the music group (n=65; April 2021 to May 2022). Participants in the music group listened to classical music during labor, while the control group was offered usual care (no music). Labor pain was measured using a numeric rating scale (NRS), and self-esteem and childbirth experience were collected using self-report questionnaires. Data were analyzed using the independent t-test, chi-square test and Cronbach’s α coefficients. Results The overall pain level (NRS) at baseline was 0 in both groups. Mothers in the music therapy group had lower levels of latent pain (t=1.95, p=.005), active pain (t=3.69, p
- Subjects :
- labor pain
music therapy
parturition
primiparity
self concept
Nursing
RT1-120
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English, Korean
- ISSN :
- 22871640, 20937695, and 19603584
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.90a7d19603584ec98f6ebf7e6dad2995
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2023.06.21