Treating Pregnancy Related Insomnia With Music

University of Aarhus

Status: Completed

Conditions: Insomnia; Pregnancy Related; Sleep Disturbance

Treatments: Behavioral: Sleep hygiene; Other: Music

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04633395

Caregiving+

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to examine the effects of 4 weeks music listening at bedtime on sleep quality during the third trimester of pregnancy.

Full description

50-60% of pregnant women suffer from insomnia during pregnancy. Pregnancy-related insomnia is often neglected due to a lack of suitable and safe treatments. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of music compared to sleep hygiene on sleep quality in a population of first-time pregnant women in the final stages of pregnancy. A post pregnancy follow-up will be completed to test if potential effects of the treatment might last into early motherhood (1-3 months postpartum).

Enrollment: 106 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female, aged 18 years or above, pregnant non-mothers
• Have a sufficient level of Danish (verbal) to understand and respond to the questions and task instructions
• Pregnant women will be enrolled in gestation week 29.

Exclusion criteria

• Postnatal depression, i.e. a score of 12 or above on the EPDS questionnaire
• Comorbid psychiatric disorder (i.e. epilepsy and depression)
• Using sleep medication
• Working more than two night shifts per week
• History of sleep disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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106 participants in 2 patient groups

Music before bedtime

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be listening to music before bedtime for a duration of up to 1 hour each night, in a total treatment period of 4 weeks. Participants will also receive the sleep hygiene guidelines, and be told to follow these.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sleep hygiene

Other: Music

Sleep hygiene

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will be given sleep hygiene guidelines, and be asked to follow these during the total treatment period of 4 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sleep hygiene