We aimed to investigate the effect of a mental health website intervention on perceived stress, depression, sleep quality, and social support in women with recurrent miscarriage (RM). Performing a randomized controlled trial, the participants in the experimental group ( = 31) received a 12-week mental health website intervention; the participants in the control group ( = 31) received RM standard medical care only. The paired -tests results for the mean posttest scores for depression ( = .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: To determine the effect of music on the management of pain and anxiety in primiparous women during labour.
Background: Music is cost-effective intervention in clinical practice to reduce pain, stress, and anxiety. However, a systematic review with meta-analysis for investigating its effects during labour is still lacking.
Prenatal sleep disturbance has been associated with undesirable birthing outcomes. To determine the effectiveness of listening to music at home in improving sleep quality, 121 Taiwanese pregnant women with poor sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [PSQI] score > 5) were systematically assigned, with a random start to music listening (n = 61) or control (n = 60) group. Participants in the music listening group self-regulated listening to music in addition to receiving general prenatal care similar to that in the control group for 2 weeks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: This Taiwan study investigated what effect listening to specially selected, relaxing music at home, on a self-regulated basis, had on the perceived stress and state anxiety of postpartum women.
Background: Listening to music has been increasingly used in the perinatal period, but few studies have been undertaken to provide evidence of its effectiveness.
Design: A randomised clinical trial.