The Effect of Ukulele Music on Pain, Anxiety, and Postpartum Comfort in Women Who Underwent Cesarean Delivery
The Effect of Ukulele Music on Pain, Anxiety, and Postpartum Comfort in Women Who Underwent Cesarean Delivery
This study aims to examine whether listening to live ukulele music after cesarean delivery can help reduce pain-related distress and anxiety and improve comfort in women who have given birth by cesarean section for the first time.
Women participating in the study will be randomly assigned to either a ukulele music group or a routine care group. Women in the ukulele music group will listen to live ukulele music for 30 minutes at 24 hours after cesarean delivery. Women in the routine care group will receive the usual care provided by the hospital.
The study will compare the two groups in terms of pain-related thoughts and distress, postpartum anxiety, and overall comfort during the early postpartum period. The findings may help determine whether live ukulele music can be used as a simple, non-drug approach to support women during recovery after cesarean delivery.
Cesarean delivery is a common surgical method of childbirth and may be associated with pain, anxiety, psychological stress, and difficulties in adapting to the early postpartum period. Non-pharmacological approaches may help support women's comfort and psychological well-being during this period.
This study evaluates whether listening to live ukulele music after cesarean delivery can reduce pain catastrophizing and postpartum-specific anxiety and improve postpartum comfort in primiparous women. Participants are randomly assigned to either a ukulele music group or a routine care group.
Women in the intervention group receive a 30-minute live ukulele music session at 24 hours after cesarean delivery. The same standardized melody is performed by the researcher in the participant's room. Women in the control group receive routine postoperative care without an additional intervention during the study assessment period.
The effects of the intervention are evaluated using standardized questionnaires assessing pain catastrophizing, postpartum-specific anxiety, and postpartum comfort. The study aims to determine whether a brief, non-pharmacological music intervention may be a feasible complementary approach to support women's psychological well-being and pain management during the early postpartum period.
The study is intended to provide information that may be useful to women, families, nurses, midwives, and other healthcare professionals interested in supportive and non-pharmacological approaches to postpartum care.
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