comparison of the effect of instrumental music and voices of holy quran on anxiety of woman before cesarean

comparison of the effect of instrumental music and voices of holy quran on anxiety of woman before cesarean.     sharifi a [1] *, alipour a [2] , baharloei s [3]     received: 24 aug, 2012 accepted: 20 nov, 2012   abstract   background & aims : fear and anxiety before surgery characterized with the stress with arousal of the autonomic nervous system that causes physical and psychological changes, increased postoperative pain and prolong recovery time.   materials & methods : method is experimental pretest-posttest with control group. 45 women waiting for cesarean section were assigned randomly in three groups (music therapy, voices of the quran and control group). all groups were tested with the spielberger's state anxiety inventory, before intervention. then 20 minutes the instrumental music for music group and voices of the quran for voices of the quran group was played. spielberger's state anxiety again was performed in three groups..   result : the results showed that difference of scores in the quran voices and music groups with the control group scores was significant and anxiety scores in both groups against the control group was declined. also the results show that the difference in anxiety scores between the two groups of voices of the quran and music is significant and mean of anxiety scores in voices of the quran group in posttest lesser than mean of scores in music group.   conclusion: although the music reduces anxiety, but the voices of the quran greater than music, reduces anxiety before a cesarean section.   key words: women, cesarean section, anxiety, the quran voices, music     address : payam noor university of tehran, po box 3697-19395   tel: (+98) email : [email protected]   [1] lecturer , department of psychology , payam noor university of tehran (corresponding author)*   [2] professor, department of psychology , payam noor university of tehran   [3] bs psychology , payam noor university of tehran