The Effects of Music on the Anxiety and Sleep Quality of Pregnant Women on Bed Rest for a High-risk Pregnancy

The Effects of Music on the Anxiety and Sleep Quality of Pregnant Women on Bed Rest for a High-risk Pregnancy

The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of music on the anxiety and sleep quality of women with high-risk pregnancy having bed rest in the hospital in Turkey.

This randomized-controlled study involved 80 control and 80 experimental group with a high-risk pregnant woman .

The literature review indicates a limited number of studies on the effects of music in eliminating the anxiety and sleep problems in women with a high-risk pregnancy having bed rest in the hospital; the existing studies were found to be mainly about anxiety. The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of music on the anxiety and sleep quality of women with a high-risk pregnancy having bed rest in the hospital.

This study adopted a pretest-posttest randomized controlled study involved 80 control and 80 experimental group with a high-risk pregnant woman . The women in the experimental group listened to Acemaşiran music for 40 minutes in successive three days and two times a day.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Agreeing to participate in the study
• Knowing Turkish and being literate
• Having been hospitalized for bed rest for at least 5 days.
• Having a gestational age of 28 to 36 weeks
• Being hospitalized due to at least one of the diagnoses including hypertensive diseases, diabetes mellitus, preterm labor, placenta previa, cervical insufficiency, or premature rupture of the membrane

Exclusion Criteria:

• Fetal congenital anomalies
• Having a hearing impairment