Trial reportBMC pregnancy and childbirth2021
The influence of maternal singing on well-being, postpartum depression and bonding - a randomised, controlled trial.
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- Music Therapy in Preterm Infants Reduces Maternal Distress.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Impact of live music therapy compared with storytelling on maternal depression and psychological distress in mothers of preterm infants: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2026Article
- Mapping What Works to Strengthen the Relational Ecology of Early Child Development: A Systematic Scoping Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Article
- Changes in mental health during participation in Art Pharmacy: a longitudinal study of a U.S. arts-based social prescribing program.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- A causal moderated mediation analysis of maternal prenatal bonding and daily infant engagement on postpartum bonding.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
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- The relationship between social support and maternal attachment of adolescent mothers and postpartum depression in Turkey.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Music for displaced dyads: a mixed methods feasibility study on the impact of music therapy on the mental health and wellbeing of Ukrainian refugee families.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The effect of music intervention on depression in perinatal women: A systematic review.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Is it premature to formulate recommendations for policy and practice, based on culture and health research? A robust critique of the CultureForHealth (2022) report.Frontiers in public health · 2024Review
- Art-based interventions for women's mental health in pregnancy and postpartum: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
- Maternal mental health: Women's voices and data from across the globe.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundPostpartum depression is fairly common in new mothers and moreover associated with impaired bonding and poor maternal well-being. The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of a mother-infant singing intervention within the first three months after birth on maternal well-being, depressive symptoms and bonding.
methods120 women who were recruited at the maternity ward at the University Clinic in Düsseldorf took part in this prospective, randomised-controlled study. Beside the baseline measurement 1-3 days after childbirth, depressive symptoms, maternal well-being and mother-infant bonding were evaluated with questionnaires before (two weeks after birth) and after (twelve weeks after birth) the intervention took place. The experimental group (n = 59) participated in several singing intervention sessions while the control group (n = 61) did not. In the intervention group, salivary cortisol as well as attachment and mood were assessed immediately before and after the singing sessions.
resultsThe participants of the intervention group showed a significant reduction of cortisol (p = .023) and an improvement of attachment and mood from start to end of the intervention session (all p ≤ .008). However, no prolonged effects were revealed beyond the intervention sessions as the two groups did not differ regarding the alterations of the primary outcomes postpartum depression (interaction effect p = .187) and postpartum bonding (interaction effect p = .188) in the 10-week period from two up to twelve weeks after childbirth (all p > .05). Additional analyses of singing habits at home in both groups, revealed that only in the singing group more frequent singing was associated with less anxiety and more well-being of the mother.
conclusionSinging towards the infant seems to have positive immediate effects on the well-being of new mothers (on subjective variables as well as physiological measurements). However, the intervention did not lead to more long lasting positive effects although several limitations should be considered.
trial registrationDRKS00015178 (registered at the German Clinical Trial Registry), date of registration: 09.11.2018.
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