Researchers: Soothing Music Cuts Stress, Depression In Pregnant Women
(Undated) -- Music therapy can make for a healthier pregnancy. That's the conclusion of researchers who examined the connection between music and stress, anxiety and depression levels in pregnant women. They found women who listened to the recommended music 30 minutes a day for two weeks experienced about a two percent decrease in all three. They were given music that mimics the human heart rate, including songs like Brahms' lullaby and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. They also listened to composers like Beethoven and Debussy [[ deh-BYOO-see ]], nature sounds and Chinese children's rhymes and songs.
Women in the study were 30 years old on average and were between 18 and 34 weeks pregnant. Half of them were first time pregnancies and more than half were planned. The study, published in a special edition of the "Journal of Clinical Nursing," was conducted at a nursing college in Taiwan. |