Effects of music therapy on labour pain and anxiety in Taiwanese first-time mothers

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1065-1072

  Liu, Yu Hsiang ^a   Chang, Mei Yueh ^b   Chen, Chung Hey ^c  

^a FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAINAN INSTITUTE OF NURSING   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Labour pain; Midwifery; Music therapy; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSIC THERAPY; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MUSIC THERAPY; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PARITY; PREGNANCY; TAIWAN;

EID: 77955940568     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03028.x     Document Type: Article

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