Music Therapy for Labor Pain and Anxiety
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18-45
SponsorUniversity Tunis El Manar
About this trial
This multicenter randomized controlled trial evaluates the effectiveness of music therapy in reducing pain and anxiety during the latent and active phases of labor in Tunisian women. Participants are randomized to receive either music therapy or standard care. Primary outcomes are pain (VAS) and anxiety (STAI-Y). Secondary outcomes include labor duration, maternal and fetal vital signs, neonatal outcomes, and maternal satisfaction.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Married Tunisian women with a singleton, low-risk pregnancy.
Admitted in the latent phase of spontaneous labor, as diagnosed by a midwife or resident.
Planned vaginal delivery.
Parity < 4.
Disqualifiers
Women who received epidural analgesia during labor.
Presence of auricular malformations.
Difficulty in understanding or completing the VAS or STAI-Y assessments.
Serious medical or psychiatric disorders.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Music Therapy During Labor
Treatment groups
70 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov