EFFECTIVENESS OF MUSIC THERAPY ON LABOUR PAIN DURING FIRST STAGE OF LABOUR AMONG THE INTRANATAL WOMEN IN A SELECTED HOSPITAL, MANGALURU
A quasi experimental research design was carried out among 74 primigravid women were selected by simple random technique. The purpose of this study is to compare thelabourpain between the intranatal women in the musicand control group .VAS was used to assess the pain score at pretest, 2 nd 4th and 6 th hour of intervention, Mc Gill pain questionnaire is assessed during postnatal period. Music is played from 2cm to throughout thelabour in music therapy group. There is the significance difference in thelabourpain between the pre intervention 2 nd hour of post intervention (p value is 0.007) and 2 nd 4 th hour of post intervention (p value is 0.040).The study findings revealed that the music therapy had a significant effect onlabour during first four hours of the intervention.