Binaural Beat Music, Virtual Reality, and Hormones in Childbirth

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Virtual reality experience: Meta Quest 3 virtual reality glasses will be used in the study. Video content was selected from literature. Participants will be shown a virtual reality video created from nature, lake, and ocean floor images. The video content will be pre-loaded onto the device's internal memory, enabling practical use in the delivery room without requiring an internet connection.

Binaural Beats-Supported Music Group: The Acemaşiran maqam was chosen for the binaural beats-supported music group, in accordance with the relevant literature. The music will be provided using binaural beats sound.

Study summary

This study aims to investigate the effects of Binaural Beats-supported music and virtual reality experience on the levels of oxytocin, prolactin, catecholamine, endorphin, prostaglandin E and cortisol, which are hormones that play an active role in birth, using the Elisa method. Additionally, the study will examine the effects of virtual reality experience and Binaural Beats-supported music during labor on labor pain and some birth outcomes (such as the presence of an episiotomy, the onset of labor, the duration of labor, and the newborn Apgar score).The randomized controlled study will consist of three groups: a virtual reality group, a Binaural Beats-supported music group, and a control group. The research will be completed with a total of 90 people, with 30 people in each group. The research will be conducted at the Maternity Ward of Istanbul Gaziosmanpaşa Training and Research Hospital. Ethics committee approval has been received for the research. Data collection has not yet begun. An application has been made to the hospital administration for institutional permission. The research will begin once the permissions are received.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Change in maternal serum hormone levels (oxytocin, prolactin, catecholamines, endorphin, prostaglandin E, and cortisol) — From onset of active labor to 8 hours postpartum (through study completion, an average of 1 year)
  Maternal serum hormone levels (oxytocin, prolactin, catecholamines, endorphin, prostaglandin E, and cortisol) will be measured using blood samples collected at the onset of the active phase of labor and at 8 hours postpartum. The primary outcome will be the change in hormone levels between these two time points.

Trial sites (1)

More Medipol University trials in Turkey

Other trials for the same condition