Effectiveness of Comprehensive Health-literacy And Relaxing Music (CHARM) intervention on pregnancy-related anxiety among low-risk primigravid women: A randomized controlled trial
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Abstract
Pregnancy-related anxiety commonly occurs among first-time pregnant women, carrying an increased risk of harmful effects to both mother and the growing fetus or newborns. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of a Comprehensive Health-literacy And Relaxing Music (CHARM) intervention compared with two other stand-alone interventions (relaxing music–only intervention, comprehensive health literacy–only intervention) and a standard care group on pregnancy-related anxiety. We conducted an open-label, parallel four-arms, randomized controlled trial among 128 low-risk primigravid women, who were randomly allocated to one of the four groups (1:1:1:1). Women were assigned with a separate web-based link for the three interventions, which were provided for 4 weeks. The pregnancy-related anxiety was measured using the Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire-Revised (PRAQ-R) assessed at baseline and post-intervention. After the 4-week intervention, a repeated-measures analysis of variance showed significant mean changes, and interaction effect between the groups on pregnancy-related anxiety levels ( F(3,124) = 5.6, p = .001, ηp2 = .12); CHARM intervention significantly reduced pregnancy-related anxiety levels in comparison with other three groups including the standard care group. The CHARM intervention was thus found to be effective in reducing pregnancy-related anxiety levels, and may be recommended for pregnant women for promoting their perinatal mental well-being.
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Psychology of Music and SEMPRE provide an international forum for researchers working in the fields of psychology of music and music education, to encourage the exchange of ideas and to disseminate research findings. Psychology of Music publishes peer-reviewed papers directed at increasing the scientific understanding of any psychological aspect of music. These include studies on listening, performing, creating, memorising, analysing, describing, learning, and teaching, as well as applied social, developmental, attitudinal and therapeutic studies. Special emphasis is placed on studies carried out in naturalistic settings, especially those which address the interface between music psychology and music education.