Music Use in Labor and Delivery

This study is looking at whether listening to music can help reduce anxiety and pain for people in labor or those scheduled for an induction. It also wants to see if music makes patients more satisfied with their experience. Researchers will compare people who listen to their preferred music for 10 minutes to those who don't listen to music. You might be able to join if you are 18 or older, in labor or scheduled for induction, and can give informed consent. The study is currently recruiting 106 participants, but its overall status is unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional study where participants are randomly assigned to either listen to music or no music. About 106 participants are planned for this study.
What's involved
You would listen to your preferred music or no music for 10 minutes in the labor and delivery unit. Researchers will measure your anxiety levels before and immediately after this 10-minute period.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your anxiety levels will be measured at baseline and immediately after the 10-minute intervention.

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NCT06969105

Music Use in Parturients Admitted to Labor & Delivery

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalSupportive care
Tufts Medical Center
~106 participants
Updated 2026-05-01 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Music

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Anxiety
Measured over Baseline and 0 hours post-intervention
Anxiety
Pain
Patient Satisfaction
1 sites across 1 states
Massachusetts1
Sophia Struzziero, Medical Student
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Age: 18 years or older
Laboring parturients or those scheduled for an induction of labor
Able to provide informed consent
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status rating of II-III

Exclusion

Patient refusal
Impaired hearing
Patient is taking at least one anxiolytic medication daily at baseline
Intrauterine fetal demise
Severe psychiatric disorder
  • AnxietyBaseline and 0 hours post-intervention

    Anxiety will be assessed in two ways. The first using a 0-10 numeric rating scale in which subjects rate their self-perceived anxiety level on this scale. Secondly, they will answer survey questions on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaire.