3.RESULTS
A total of 49 pregnant women, with 26 in the music intervention group and 23 in the control group, were included in this study. The mean age of the women included in the music group was 31.25±5.81 years while the mean age of the women included in the control group was 29.64±5.97 years. There was no statistical difference between the demographic variables of the music group and the control group (p>0.05) (Table 1).
There was no significant difference between the preoperative systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, and O2 saturation parameters of the music group and the control group (p>0.05). After the operation, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, and O2 saturation parameters were similar between the groups (p>0.05).
According to the STAI-1 scale applied to the pregnant woman before the operation, the anxiety score of the music group was 45.58±4.60 and that of the control group was 43.82±4.33; there was no statistically significant difference between the groups (p=0.183). After the operation, the anxiety score of the music group (35.88±5.39) was found to be statistically significantly lower than the anxiety score of the control group (42.14±3.75) (p<0.001).
Pre- and postoperative systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and oxygen saturation were found to be unchanged in the music group. The heart rate and respiratory rate of the women were found to be significantly lower postoperatively than before the operation (p<0.001). In the control group, vital parameters did not change before and after the operation (p>0.05).
In the music group, the anxiety score before the operation was 45.58±4.60, while the postoperative anxiety score was 35.88±5.39. The postoperative anxiety score was found to be statistically significantly lower (p<0.001). In the control group, there was no significant change in anxiety levels before and after the operation (p=0.071).