Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to examine the effect of music therapy on pregnancy complaints and quality of sleep and life in risky pregnant women.
 Methods: This is a prospective randomized controlled study. The sample of the study consisted of a total of 112 pregnant women who referred to a hospital in a city in Turkey for pregnancy follow-up (56 in the experimental group, 56 in the control group). Risky pregnant women in the experimental group were listened to music for four weeks before going to sleep, and those in the control group received no intervention. The data were collected between July and October 2022, using an introductory information form (IIF), a risk assessment form (RAF), the Assessment Scale for Pregnancy Complaints and Their Impact on Life Quality (ASPCILQ), and the Richard-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire (RCSQ).
 Results: Risky pregnant women in the experimental group had higher ASPCILQ and RCSQ post-test mean scores than those in the control group, and the difference between them was statistically significant (p

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