The Effectiveness of Aromatherapy and Music Therapy to Reduce Pain during Stage-1 of Birth Delivery: A Meta-Analysis

[摘要] Background: Labor pain is an uncomfortablefeeling during the labor process, which causes areduction in uterine contractions, uteroplacentalcirculation, blood flow, and oxygen to the uterus,and causes uterine ischemia, which makes the painimpulses increase. Aromatherapy and music therapyare non-pharmacological pain management that canbe given to postpartum mothers during labor thathelps reduce pain. In addition, they can provide acalming sensation for the self and the brain and thestress they feel. This study aimed to analyze theeffectiveness of aromatherapy and music therapy inreducing labor pain in the first stage of labor.Subjects and Method: This was a meta-analysis and systematic study. The articles used wereobtained from ProQuest, Science Direct, GoogleScholar, and Springer Link. The research subjectswere mothers who gave birth in the first stage. Thetreatment provided was aromatherapy and musictherapy. The articles used were articles presented inEnglish, in full text with a Randomized ControlledTrial design. The research problems of PICO were asfollows: Population= mothers giving birth, Intervention= giving aromatherapy and music therapy,Comparation= not being given aromatherapy andmusic therapy, Outcome= reducing labor pain. Thestudy analysis was carried out using RevMan 5.3with Random Effect Model.Results: Analysis of 9 articles on the effectivenessof aromatherapy on reducing labor pain showed thataromatherapy reduced labor pain (SMD= -0.85;95% CI -1.14 to -0.31), and it was statistically significant (p<0.001). Analysis of 9 articles on theeffectiveness of music therapy on reducing laborpain showed that music therapy reduced labor pain(SMD= -1.14; 95% CI -2.18 to -0.09), and it wasstatistically significant (p<0.001).Conclusion: Aromatherapy and music therapyeffectively reduce labor pain in women giving birthin the first stage.

[学科分类] 食品科学和技术

[关键词] aromatherapy;music therapy;laborpain