Flamenco Music Therapy in Pregnant

Telethusa Centre for Flamenco Research

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Music; Therapy; Pregnancy

Treatments: Other: Music Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04153695

TelethusaFlamenco

Details and patient eligibility

About

The use of music as a therapy for the psychological and emotional improvement of pregnant women has been well studied. Our hypothesis is that flamenco music can also involve psycho-emotional improvements in pregnant women

Full description

The objective of the study is to analyze the effects of a flamenco musical intervention on the stress and anxiety of pregnant women in five Management Units of the Sanitary District in Bahía de Cádiz-La Janda (Spain).

50 pregnant women will voluntarily participate in this study (25 in a control group and 25 in the experimental group) The psychological health assessment will be measured through the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (S-STAI) and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EDPS) pre and post exposure.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Volunteer
• Single pregnancy
• Uncomplicated pregnancy,
• Expectations of vaginal delivery without complications
• Gestational age between 18 and 33 weeks,

Exclusion criteria

• Visual disorders
• Hearing disorcers
• Mental or cognitive disorders
• Difficulties in pregnancy,
• Medical complications,
• Smoker during the gestation period

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

To listen flamenco music during 30 minuts per day, during 2 weks

Treatment:

Other: Music Therapy

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention