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Music Use in Parturients Admitted to Labor & Delivery
Led by Tufts Medical Center · Updated on 2026-05-01
106
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
100 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if music use affects anxiety or pain levels in parturients admitted to labor and delivery. It will also learn about the effect of music use on patient satisfaction. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does music use affect anxiety levels in parturients admitted to labor and delivery? Does music use affect pain levels in parturients admitted to labor and delivery? Does music use affect patient satisfaction in parturients admitted to labor and delivery? Researchers will compare music to a control (no music) to see if music affects anxiety levels in parturients admitted to labor and delivery. Participants will: Listen to music or listen to no music for a 10 minute duration in the labor and delivery unit. Answer questions about anxiety and pain levels at a few different timepoints. Have information collected from medical charts (vital signs and cervical dilation). Rate their satisfaction with care.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Music Use in Parturients Admitted to Labor & Delivery
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age 18 years or older
- Laboring women or those scheduled for induction of labor
- Able to provide informed consent
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status rating of II-III
You will not qualify if you...
- Patient refusal
- Impaired hearing
- Taking at least one anxiolytic medication daily at baseline
- Intrauterine fetal demise
- Severe psychiatric disorder
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02111
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
S
Sophia Struzziero, Medical Student
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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