Music Listening to Decrease Pain during Second Trimester Genetic Amniocentesis: A Randomized Trial.

OBJECTIVE

To evaluate whether music listening decreased pain perception during second trimester genetic amniocentesis.

MATERIAL AND METHOD

We conducted a prospective randomized study to compare the pain perception using a visual analogue scale (VAS), pain rating, future decision to repeat the procedure, and pain perception compared to a venipuncture before and after the second trimester genetic amniocentesis between groups of pregnant women who underwent amniocentesis with and without music listening.

RESULTS

Three hundred thirty two pregnant women were enrolled; 161 listened and 171 did not listen to the music. The pre-procedure anxiety, the anticipated pain, post-procedure pain/ anxiety median VAS scores, pain rating, future decision and level of pain compare to a venipuncture in the music-listening and non-music-listening groups did not show statistically significant difference. The pre-procedure anxiety median VAS scores were 1.3 and 0.5 in the music-listening and non-musiclistening groups, respectively and the anticipated pain median VAS scores were 4.8 and 4.5 in the music-listening and non-music-listening groups, respectively. The post-procedure median VAS pain/anxiety scores were 2.7 and 2.5 in the music-listening and non-music-listening groups, respectively.

CONCLUSION

Music listening was not significantly effective in reducing pain during second trimester genetic amniocentesis.