NCT05966766

Dosing Music for Anxiety Reduction in Parturients

Estimating the Effective Dose of Music Duration for Anxiety Reduction Prior to Cesarean Delivery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tufts Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a clinical study that aims to determine the effective dose of music listening duration that is required to reduce anxiety in patients awaiting scheduled cesarean section. It will also compare types of music to accomplish this goal, both of which have been shown effective in prior studies. Methods will involve enrolling and playing music for patients awaiting scheduled C-section, and scoring their anxiety with pre- and post-music questionnaires. Music duration for each subject will be predetermined, and analysis of response will be performed to determine the effective dose 95%, or dose at which 95% of subjects should have a positive response.

Conditions

• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Mozart selections	Music will be played from a speaker connected to a media-playing device for participants to listen to for set durations of time. Music will be selections by Mozart of previously studied and shown to reduce anxiety.
OTHER	Patient-preferred music selections	Music will be played from a speaker connected to a media-playing device for participants to listen to for set durations of time. Music will be selections of patient choice.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-12-07
• Primary completion: 2024-05-31
• Completion: 2024-05-31
• First posted: 2023-08-01
• Last updated: 2025-05-30
• Results posted: 2025-05-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States