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Music During Non-Stress Testing

NCT ID: NCT07299214

Last Updated: 2025-12-23

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

173 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-06-01

Study Completion Date

2025-08-31

Brief Summary

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Music has direct and indirect positive effects on the mother and fetus during pregnancy and perinatal period. This study was aimed at investigating effects of music played during the Non-Stress Test (NST) procedure on the mother's comfort, vital signs and anxiety.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Pregnant Women

Keywords

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non-stress test music comfort vital signs anxiety

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Simple randomization method was used in this study. Pregnant women who met the study criteria were randomly assigned to the music or control group with equal probability, independently of any previous assignments, on the day they came to the hospital for their physical examination. The total number of pregnant women determined by the G\*Power analysis was entered into the program at ''https://www.randomizer.org," and randomization was conducted using the program. The assignment of the groups was performed on the computer, and the pregnant women were randomly assigned to the music and control groups. The data of the study were collected from the pregnant women using the face-to-face interview technique at the NST outpatient clinic on the days and hours when the researcher was present in the hospital.
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants
The participating pregnant women were not informed of the group they belonged to. Since only the researcher knew the participants' groups, single-blindness was achieved in the study.

Study Groups

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Music Group

After the pregnant women were positioned, while the NST procedure was implemented they listened to music for 20-30 minutes. The pregnant women listened to the music on an MP3 player during the application. The duration of the music recorded on the MP3 player was 30 minutes. The music played to the pregnant women was selected by the researchers in accordance with the definition of relaxing music made in the literature. Before the music selection, the researchers communicated with the TÜMATA (Turkish acronym for the "Research and Promotion of Turkish Music Association). After the meeting held with the association, it was decided to use the 'Acemaşiran' (a musical mode in traditional Turkish music). In the study, music prepared by the TÜMATA in the Acemaşiran mode was played. It is stated that Acemaşiran mode helps balance the body, helps the listener relax, facilitates birth, helps correct the wrong position of the fetus in the womb, and has a pain and spasm relieving effect

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Music intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

The music played to the pregnant women was selected by the researchers in accordance with the definition of relaxing music made in the literature. Before the music selection, the researchers communicated with the TÜMATA (Turkish acronym for the "Research and Promotion of Turkish Music Association). After the meeting held with the association, it was decided to use the 'Acemaşiran' (a musical mode in traditional Turkish music). In the study, music prepared by the TÜMATA in the Acemaşiran mode was played. It is stated that Acemaşiran mode helps balance the body, helps the listener relax, facilitates birth, helps correct the wrong position of the fetus in the womb, and has a pain and spasm relieving effect.

Control Group

Pregnant women were not subjected to any intervention during the NST procedure.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Music intervention

The music played to the pregnant women was selected by the researchers in accordance with the definition of relaxing music made in the literature. Before the music selection, the researchers communicated with the TÜMATA (Turkish acronym for the "Research and Promotion of Turkish Music Association). After the meeting held with the association, it was decided to use the 'Acemaşiran' (a musical mode in traditional Turkish music). In the study, music prepared by the TÜMATA in the Acemaşiran mode was played. It is stated that Acemaşiran mode helps balance the body, helps the listener relax, facilitates birth, helps correct the wrong position of the fetus in the womb, and has a pain and spasm relieving effect.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Women aged 18-45 years
* Completion of at least the 32nd week of gestation
* No pregnancy-related risk factors (e.g., premature rupture of membranes, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes)
* No multiple pregnancy
* Normal blood pressure levels (not ≤80/60 mmHg and not ≥140/90 mmHg)
* Having eaten at least two hours before the NST procedure
* No smoking or alcohol consumption for at least two hours before the NST procedure
* Ability to communicate effectively
* No hearing impairment
* Voluntary participation in the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnant women with fetal distress
* Cases for whom the physician considered emergency intervention necessary
* Individuals with an impaired NST requiring immediate intervention
* Individuals with a diagnosed psychiatric disorder
* Individuals with hearing impairment
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

45 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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GAMZE GOKE ARSLAN

Asistant Professor, Department of Nursing

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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University District, 2076 Street, No: 11

Karaman, Central, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol, Statistical Analysis Plan, and Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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2169 (Ethics decision number)

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

KMBU-NST-2025-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id