A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Effects of Music Therapy on Postpartum Anxiety and Pain Levels

Hakimi, Sevil; Hajizadeh, Khadije; Hasanzade, Robab; Ranjbar, Minoo

doi:10.34172/jcs.2021.033

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“…The health sector values evidence of efficacy and harm via systematic reviews of randomised controlled clinical trials. Evidence to support the value of art interventions for pain is growing with systematic reviews providing tentative evidence that art and music therapy is beneficial, and safe, for people living with pain (22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27). Unmasking Pain is grounded in a "social aspect", so using a conventional RCT paradigm to evaluate effectiveness is likely to…”

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Pain through the perspective of art and creativity: insights from the Unmasking Pain project

Johnson,

Chazot,

Cole

et al. 2023

Front. Pain Res.

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People struggle to tell their story of living with pain and when they do it is articulated in a way that may not be understood, heard or taken seriously. Unmasking Pain is an artist-led project that explored creative approaches to tell stories of life with pain. The project was led by a dance theatre company that specialises in storytelling and emotional experiences for players and audiences. The project involved artists and people living with ongoing pain co-creating activities and environments to curiously explore “oneself”, through imagination and creative expression. This article discusses insights and perspectives emerging from the project. The project revealed the power of art to make-sense of oneself with or without pain, and how art facilitates expression of complex inner experience and personal stories. People described Unmasking Pain as “explorative joy despite pain”, and “a new set of rules” that contrasts with those experienced during clinical encounters. We discuss how art has the potential to improve clinical encounters and promote health and well-being, and whether artist-led activities are an intervention, therapy, or something else. Pain rehabilitation specialists from the project described Unmasking Pain as “freeing-up thinking”, allowing conceptual thought beyond the biopsychosocial model of pain. We conclude that art has the potential to shift people living with pain from “I can't do, I am not willing to do it” to “Perhaps I can, I'll give it a go, I enjoyed”.

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Pain through the perspective of art and creativity: insights from the Unmasking Pain project

Johnson,

Chazot,

Cole

et al. 2023

Front. Pain Res.

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“…Hippocampus merupakan bagian kecil di otak yang berperan penting dalam mengingat informasi baru dan menghubungkan emosi ke dalam ingatan tersebut. Aktivitas pada hippocampal akan mempengaruhi sumbu hipotalamus-hipofisis-adrenal (HPA) sehingga dapat menurunkan kadar kortisol dalam tubuh [9].…”

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Literature Review: Terapi Komplementer Terhadap Kesehatan Mental Ibu Nifas

Putri

2023

Journal of Midwifery Science: Basic and Applied Research

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Postpartum mothers can experience positive and negative emotional changes. Mother's positive emotions include joy, happiness, satisfaction while negative emotions include anxiety, frustration, confusion, sadness and guilt in undergoing role changes. Therapy is needed to shape the mother's coping skills in dealing with emotional changes during the puerperium, one of which is complementary therapy. The aim of the study was to analyze various scientific literacy related to complementary therapies given with the aim of maintaining the health of postpartum mothers. This research method is a literature review. Data is accessed from various database sources; Google Scholar, PubMed, Science Direct, Sage Pud, ProQuest in the period 2013 to 2023. The main topic search keywords are; complementary therapy, mental health and postpartum period. The results of this study concluded that complementary therapies in the form of intervention music, laughter therapy, yoga, therapeutic touch, acupressure, reflexology, massage, aromatherapy and herbal therapy statistically can improve women's mental health in the postpartum period. In the future, interventions with complementary therapies can be used on a larger research sample scale.

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“…Providing care that takes psychological experiences into account may provide childbearing women with more useful assistance ( 17 , 18 ). Pharmacological treatment is a common strategy adopted for the treatment of psychopathological conditions in pregnant and postpartum women ( 19 ); however, it is related to unwanted side effects, drug dependence and transmission of drugs to infants via breast milk ( 20 ). Therefore, research efforts have been directed towards identifying new initiatives for supporting pregnant and postpartum women.…”

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“…An integrative review suggests that art-based experiences are beneficial for women in the process of becoming a mother and can be conducive to women’s wellbeing ( 29 ). Music therapy has been found to reduce postpartum anxiety ( 20 ) and depression ( 30 ) in relevant reviews. However, these studies only focused on one specific art therapy.…”

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Art-based interventions for women’s mental health in pregnancy and postpartum: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Qian

Sun²,

Wang³

et al. 2023

Front. Psychiatry

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ObjectivePregnant and postpartum women are vulnerable to psychological problems with a high estimated prevalence. To date, there is no meta-analysis that specifically assesses the effectiveness of art-based interventions to improve mental health in pregnant and postpartum women. The objective of this meta-analysis was to assess the efficacy of art-based interventions when delivered to pregnant and postpartum women.MethodsSystematic literature searches were conducted from the inception to 6 March 2022 in seven English databases, including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Central Register, CINAHL, ProQuest, Scopus, and Web of Science. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) reporting art-based interventions targeting the improvement of women’s mental health in pregnancy and postpartum were included. Cochrane risk of bias tool was applied to assess evidence quality.ResultsTwenty-one randomised controlled trials (RCTs) involving 2,815 participants were eligible for data analysis. A pooled analysis demonstrated that art-based interventions significantly reduced anxiety (SMD = −0.75, 95% CI = −1.10 to −0.40) and depression symptoms (MD = −0.79, 95% CI = −1.30 to −0.28). However, art-based interventions did not alleviate stress symptoms as expected in our findings. Subgroup analysis demonstrated that intervention implementation time, intervention duration and music selected by the participants vs. not could have influence on the efficacy of art-based intervention for anxiety.ConclusionIn perinatal mental health, art-based interventions may be effective in alleviating anxiety and depression. In the future, we still need to conduct high-quality RCTs to validate our findings and enrich clinical application of art-based interventions.

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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Effects of Music Therapy on Postpartum Anxiety and Pain Levels

Cited by 9 publications

References 29 publications

Pain through the perspective of art and creativity: insights from the Unmasking Pain project

Pain through the perspective of art and creativity: insights from the Unmasking Pain project

Literature Review: Terapi Komplementer Terhadap Kesehatan Mental Ibu Nifas

Art-based interventions for women’s mental health in pregnancy and postpartum: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

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