Prenatal Listening to Songs Composed for Pregnancy and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression: a Pilot Study

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title:

Prenatal Listening to Songs Composed for Pregnancy and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression: a Pilot Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02776293
• Other study ID #: LV-001
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 12, 2016
• Last updated: May 2, 2017
• Start date: January 2014
• Est. completion date: July 2015

Study information

• Verified date: May 2017
• Source: Goldsmiths, University of London
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Prenatal anxiety and depression are distressing for the expectant mother and can have adverse effects on her fetus and child. This study aimed to determine whether listening to specially composed songs would be an effective intervention for reducing symptoms of prenatal anxiety and depression over a period of 12 weeks.

Description:

Prenatal anxiety and depression has negative implications for both the mother and the developing child, including developmental disorders, low birth weight, and altered immune function. It is therefore very important both to detect and to help ameliorate symptoms of anxiety and depression in pregnant women. Many women do not want pharmacological interventions at this time, and with less severe symptoms it may not be appropriate. Thus there is a need to find non-pharmacological methods of intervention. Psychological therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy or interpersonal therapy can be effective. But these are often not available for the large numbers of women who could benefit. Though there has been evidence that music has the ability reduce anxiety, no study has quantitatively measured prenatal anxiety and depression over a long period of time. Proof of efficacy could justify investment into music as an inexpensive, and non-stigmatizing method to reduce prenatal anxiety and depression and therefore benefit both the mother and child.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 223
• Est. completion date: July 2015
• Est. primary completion date: July 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• English speaking women

• At least 18 years of age.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety Disorders
• Depression
• Depressive Disorder
• Prenatal Anxiety

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Relaxation

• Music

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Goldsmiths, University of London

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	State-Trait Anxiety Inventory	Questionnaire measuring an individual's general level of anxiety (trait) and an individual's anxiety level at the time of taking the questionnaire (state).	12 weeks
Primary	Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale	Questionnaire measuring symptoms of maternal depression	12 weeks