A randomized controlled study examining a novel binaural beat technique for treatment of preoperative anxiety in a group of women undergoing elective caesarean section
| Autor: | Teresa Pellecchia, Paola Fodde, Matteo Puntoni, Massimo Mazzella, Arianna Parodi, Enzo Fracchia |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Anxiety law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial Pregnancy law Humans Childbirth Medicine Prospective Studies 030212 general & internal medicine reproductive and urinary physiology 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine Cesarean Section business.industry Obstetrics Infant Newborn Parturition Obstetrics and Gynecology medicine.disease Anxiety Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Reproductive Medicine Female Elective caesarean section medicine.symptom Maternal anxiety business Beat (music) Binaural recording |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology. 42:147-151 |
| ISSN: | 1743-8942 0167-482X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0167482x.2020.1751607 |
| Popis: | Attention is being focused on improving mothers' positive experiences of childbirth while reducing the negative ones. Cesarean section is a known factor able to increase maternal anxiety.To determine whether a new binaural beat-based technique can reduce the preoperative discomfort of the elective surgical patient.Prospective, randomized double-blind controlled study: 60 women scheduled to undergo elective cesarean section. Women with a low risk pregnancy were recruited and enrolled at the time of the "37 weeks" visit. Exclusion criteria were: psychiatric disorders, neurological impairment, epilepsy, deafness, use of drugs/alcohol during pregnancy, insufficient reading level. Participants will be contestually allocated to one of three groups according to a predetermined computer-generated random sequence: (1) "binaural" group, (2) "normal music" group, and (3) "control" group. Participants of groups 1 and 2 will be unaware of the type of audio heard.According to the allocation arm, participants were asked to listen an engineered audio track (binaural beat arm) created with the novel algorithm "Dynamic Spectrum Phase Shift" (DMSPS), or an identical soundtrack without DMSPS in it (music arm), or no specific intervention, representing standard practice. The feeling of anxiety has been measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y) questionnaire. |
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