ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2019
Music Interventions for Anxiety in Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06263166 (The Effect of Using a Stress Ball During Vaginal Examination on Anxiety and Pain Levels), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effect of Using a Stress Ball During Vaginal Examination on Anxiety and Pain Levels
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Perinatal Mood, Anxiety, and Related Disorders: Guide de pratique 2024 du Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments pour le traitement des troubles de l'humeur, des troubles anxieux et des troubles connexes périnatals.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2025Guideline
- Effect of Music-Based Interventions on Maternal and Fetal Parameters during Pregnancy: A Systematic Review.Complementary medicine research · 2024Pooled it
- Is music intervention effective in reducing anxiety and pain during breast biopsy procedure? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Pooled it
- The influence of maternal singing on well-being, postpartum depression and bonding - a randomised, controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 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
- Reimagining maternal and infant wellbeing through AI-embedded integrative arts-based care: a public health perspective.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- A randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of peanut ball device during labor on maternal outcomes and stress levels.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- Development and reporting of a specialised antenatal music therapy intervention using the MRC framework and TIDieR checklist.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Review
- The landscape of musical care during the beginning of life in the United Kingdom: a mixed-methods survey study.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Article
- The role of music in perinatal mental health, with a psychoneuroimmunological perspective.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2025Article
- Disparities in anxiety and related factors among Chinese older adults across different aged-care models: a comparison of two cross-sectional studies.BMC geriatrics · 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
- Effect of music therapy on anxiety in full-term pregnant women.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of Music on Perinatal Anxiety Among Pregnant Women and Newborn Behaviors: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2023Review
- Art-based interventions for women's mental health in pregnancy and postpartum: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
- Learning About Your Mental Health From Your Playlist? Investigating the Correlation Between Music Preference and Mental Health of College Students.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The Benefits of Music Listening for Induced State Anxiety: Behavioral and Physiological Evidence.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- How music may support perinatal mental health: an overview.Archives of women's mental health · 2021Review
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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Prenatal anxiety is extremely common and may result in adverse effects on both the mother and the baby. Music interventions have been used to reduce anxiety in various medical patients and in pregnant women during childbirth. This study aims to assess the clinical efficacy of music interventions in women during pregnancy rather than during labor. Seven databases were searched from inception to September 2019 without language restrictions. We included only randomized controlled trials that compared music intervention and control groups for anxiety reduction in pregnant women. We used the revised Cochrane risk-of-bias tool (RoB 2.0) for quality assessment. Finally, 11 studies with 1482 participants were included. The pooled meta-analysis results showed that music interventions significantly decreased anxiety levels (standardized mean difference (SMD), -0.42; 95% confidence interval (CI), -0.83 to -0.02;
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