NCT07299214

Music During Non-Stress Testing

The Effect of Music During Non-Stress Testing on Women's Comfort, Vital Signs and Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 173 (actual)
• Sponsor: Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Pregnant Women

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-06-01
• Primary completion: 2025-08-31
• Completion: 2025-08-31
• First posted: 2025-12-23
• Last updated: 2025-12-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)