Trial reportBMC pregnancy and childbirth2018
Effects of music intervention during caesarean delivery on anxiety and stress of the mother a controlled, randomised study.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
The Effect of Turkish Classical Music on Postpartum Pain and Anxiety in Women Who Delivered Via Cesarean Section
Effects of Planned Training and Music Listened to Before a Cesarean Section on Surgical Fear, Anxiety and Depression
Who cites it
31 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Number Needed to Treat for Music as a Medicine against Perioperative Anxiety: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Anesthesia and analgesia · 2026Pooled it
- Music and binaural beat interventions for young adults: A systematic review of effects on anxiety, sleep, and cognition.Acta neuropsychiatrica · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of non-pharmacological interventions on sleep in patients with critical illness: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Pooled it
- Technology-Based Music Interventions to Reduce Anxiety and Pain Among Patients Undergoing Surgery or Procedures: Systematic Review of the Literature.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Pooled it
- The Effects of Music-Based Interventions for Pain and Anxiety Management during Vaginal Labour and Caesarean Delivery: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Randomised Controlled Trials.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Music Therapy in Pain and Anxiety Management during Labor: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Pooled it
- Aromatherapy Using Lavender Oil Effectiveness on Pain and Anxiety After C-Section: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2024Trial
- Immediate implant placement influenced by musical flow: a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial.BMC oral health · 2024Trial
- The effect of virtual reality on anxiety, stress, and hemodynamic parameters during cesarean section: A randomized controlled clinical trial.Saudi medical journal · 2022Trial
- The effects of a music intervention during port catheter placement on anxiety and stress.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- The effects of a music and singing intervention during pregnancy on maternal well-being and mother-infant bonding: a randomised, controlled study.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2021Trial
- Adult Post-operative Mental Health Outcomes Following Abdominal and Orthopedic Surgeries: A Scoping Review.Cureus · 2026Review
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- CESARCOM study protocol: assessing the impact of therapeutic communication on patients' anxiety during elective cesarean sections, - a before-and-after interventional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- The Effect of Music Therapy on Postoperative Pain and Agitation During Septorhinoplasty: A Blinded Clinical Trial.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Music intervention during non-stress test and its effects on maternal anxiety, maternal vital signs and fetal parameters: A quasi-experimental study.European journal of midwifery · 2025Article
- Frontiers and emerging trends of psychotherapy applications in anesthesiology: A comprehensive bibliometric analysis.Journal of anesthesia and translational medicine · 2024Article
- [Effects of classical or heavy metal music in humans and animals: implications for intensive care medicine].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2024Article
- Effect of Music Therapy on Anxiety in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Cureus · 2024Review
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundStress and anxiety during pregnancy and childbirth have negative consequences for both mother and child. There are indications that music has a positive effect in this situation. The present study investigates the influence of music during the caesarean on anxiety and stress of the expectant mother.
methodsThe SAMBA study is a single-centre, controlled, randomized study including 304 patients. Women in the intervention group heard music via loudspeakers from one of four self-selected genres. The control group had standard treatment without music. The caesarean was performed in regional Anesthesia. At admission, at skin incision, during skin suture and two hours after completion of surgery, different subjective (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, visual analogue scale for anxiety) and objective parameters (salivary cortisol/amylase, heart rate, blood pressure) were collected. Mixed-factorial Analysis of variances as well as independent sample t-tests were applied for data analysis.
resultsAt skin suture, significantly lower anxiety levels were reported in the intervention group regarding State anxiety (31.56 vs. 34.41; p = .004) and visual analogue scale for anxiety (1.27 vs. 1.76; p = .018). Two hours after surgery, the measured visual analogue scale for anxiety score in the intervention group was still significantly lower (0.69 vs. 1.04; p = .018). The objective parameters showed significant differences between the groups in salivary cortisol increase from admission to skin suture (12.29 vs. 16.61 nmol/L; p = .043), as well as systolic blood pressure (130.11 vs. 136.19 mmHg; p = .002) and heart rate (88.40 vs. 92.57/min; p = .049) at skin incision.
conclusionsMusic during caesarean is an easy implementable and effective way of reducing stress and anxiety of the expectant mother.
trial registrationGerman registry for clinical trials ( DRKS00007840 ). Registered 16/06/2015. Retrospectively registered.
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