The effects of listening to lullabies and self-selected music at home on prenatal stress and anxiety in nulliparous pregnant women: A randomized-controlled study

Abstract

To compare the effects of nulliparous pregnant women listening to lullabies and self-selected music on reducing the anxiety and antenatal stress. This was a randomized controlled study. Lullaby group (LG) (n = 40) listened to the lullaby chosen by the researcher, mixed music group (MG) (n = 40) listened to self-selected music and control group (CG) (n = 40) received general care. Post-test anxiety and stress levels was lower in two intervention groups versus CG (p < 0.01). Post-test anxiety was lower in the MG versus LG (p < 0.01), however post-test stress levels were similar. Pregnant women listening to self-selected music at home is more effective in reducing anxiety.

Acknowledgements

The authors thank all participants who took part in this study.

Author contributions

Nazlı Baltacı: Conceptualization, Investigation, Data curation, Methodology, Data analysis, Writing - review & editing. Özlem Doğan Yüksekol: Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing - review & editing. Emine Koç: Investigation, Data analysis, Validation, Writing - review & editing. Mihriban Ulucan: Investigation, Data curation, Validation, Writing - review & editing.

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