The Effect of Music on Nonstress Test and Pregnant Women's Satisfaction

This study was conducted as a randomized controlled trial. This study was conducted to determine the effect of music on nonstress test and pregnant woman's satisfaction. The study was conducted with pregnant women who applied for non-stress testing at a hospital in Samsun, Turkey, between September 2021 and September 2022. Pregnant women who met the research criteria were divided into two groups: physical and control groups. The research was completed experimentally with a total of 111 pregnant women, 56 experimental and 55 control. The researcher had a face-to-face interview with all the pregnant women and filled out the "Pregnant Introduction Form". Then, the vital signs of the pregnant women were taken and the pregnant women were placed in the left side-lying position. Fundus height, situs and position were determined using Leopold maneuvers. During the non-stress test shooting, the music group was allowed to listen to music for at least 20 minutes during the NST period. No intervention was made to the control group. After the non-stress test is completed, the "Satisfaction Evaluation Scale" is taken by the pregnant woman herself. The "Nonstress Test Monitoring Form" was filled out by the researcher through notification. The data of the study were evaluated using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences program. All data were first analyzed by Kolmogorov-Smirnov for conformity with normal distribution. were evaluated and then analyzed according to their suitability for normal distribution. For descriptive statistics, percentage across the board, arithmetic mean±standard deviation for those with normal distribution, median and minimum-maximum values for those that did not fit were used. In the analysis of the data, student t test and ANOVA test were used for those that were suitable for normal distribution, and Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests were used for those that were not suitable for normal distribution. Type 1 error level was taken as 0.05.