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Dec 26, 2023 · Actively listening to music for at least 30 min per day music significantly reduced stress and anxiety in pregnant women and improved sleep quality, which proves music therapy as an enjoyable, noninvasive treatment that is capable of creating an environment that promotes the health of pregnant women [Citation 40].
In carefully balanced collaboration with obstetrics and midwifery, music therapy helps to stabilize physiological and psychological conditions during pregnancy and to enhance the sustainability of antenatal care measures.
Dec 26, 2023 · Result: The articles indicated that music therapy has advantages in reducing pain during childbirth, lowering anxiety and stress levels in mothers, improving sleep quality, and increasing fetal movements, basal fetal heart rate, and accelerations.
Aug 10, 2020 · Stress and impaired mother–infant bonding during pregnancy can lead to adverse effects for the expectant mother and the unborn child. The present study investigates whether a prenatal music and singing intervention can improve maternal well-being as well as mother–infant bonding.
- Verena Wulff, Philip Hepp, Oliver T Wolf, Percy Balan, Carsten Hagenbeck, Tanja Fehm, Nora K Schaal
- 10.1007/s00404-020-05727-8
- 2021
- Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2021; 303(1): 69-83.
Aug 1, 2021 · We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize the music therapy strategies currently applied during pregnancy and investigate the effects of prenatal music therapy on fetal and neonatal status.
- Hui He, Jian Huang, Xu Zhao, Zhijian Li
- 2021
May 6, 2023 · Nine studies with 1646 pregnant women and one with 260 pregnant women and their neonates were included. Results of all studies suggest that listening to classical music reduces the anxiety levels among pregnant women, as measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).
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Based on the findings, it can be concluded that music therapy is an effective approach to enhance the experience of pregnant women during pregnancy and delivery. Therefore, its implementation in obstetrical clinical practice is highly recommended.
