Use of Music Intervention for Reducing Anxiety and Promoting Satisfaction in First-Time Filipino Fathers. (March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Labrague, Leodoro J.; McEnroe-Petitte, Denise M.
• Is Part Of: American journal of men's health. Volume 10:Number 2(2016)
• Page Start: 120
• Page End: 127
• Publication Date: 2016-03
• Subjects: anxiety -- childbirth experience -- client satisfaction -- experimental design -- men's health -- music; Men -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Sex factors in disease -- Periodicals; Men -- Health and hygiene -- Periodicals; Men -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Periodicals; Men -- Medical care -- Periodicals; 362.10811
• DOI: 10.1177/1557988314559240
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1557-9883

Abstract

Childbirth is an anxiety-provoking event in a man's life. Therefore, strategies to decrease paternal anxiety during childbirth are necessary. This study determined the effects of music and satisfaction of first-time Filipino fathers during childbirth. In the study, a prospective quasi-experimental design was utilized. Ninety-eight purposive samples of first-time fathers were included in the study, 50 were allocated in the experimental group (music group) and 48 in the control group (nonmusic group) during the months of August to October 2013. Paternal anxiety and satisfaction were measured using the State Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Visual Analogue Scale for Satisfaction, respectively. Results revealed that the first-time fathers in the experimental group had lower State Trait Anxiety Inventory scores ( p < .05) and higher Visual Analogue Scale for Satisfaction scores ( p < .05) than those in the control group. Findings of the study provide substantial evidence to support the use of music in reducing anxiety and promoting satisfaction among first-time fathers during childbirth.