Introduction
pre-eclampsia, postoperative pain, reduced postoperative anxiety, anxiety, Pain, acute pain, pain
PRE-ECLAMPSIA, COMPLICATIONS
Approximately 25% of parturients reported experiencing anxiety during pregnancy, which is associated with increased risk of maternal complications e.g., pre-eclampsia and emergency cesarean delivery [Recently, music listening has emerged as a safe and efficacious treatment modality to reduce perioperative anxiety associated with cesarean delivery. A meta-analysis of 15 studies reported that music listening reduced intraoperative anxiety and postoperative opioid consumption following cesarean delivery [Interestingly, patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty with a high preoperative anxiety had significantly higher pain catastrophizing status and higher postoperative pain [Hence, we investigated whether perioperative music listening has significant impact on anxiety scores (primary outcome), acute pain scores, and Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) scores following elective cesarean delivery. We hypothesized that parturients receiving perioperative music listening would have significantly reduced postoperative anxiety, acute pain, and pain catastrophizing compared to parturients who did not receive music listening.