This study aims to investigate the effects of Binaural Beats-supported music and virtual reality experience on the levels of oxytocin, prolactin, catecholamine, endorphin, prostaglandin E and cortisol, which are hormones that play an active role in birth, using the Elisa method. Additionally, the study will examine the effects of virtual reality experience and Binaural Beats-supported music during labor on labor pain and some birth outcomes (such as the presence of an episiotomy, the onset of labor, the duration of labor, and the newborn Apgar score).The randomized controlled study will consist of three groups: a virtual reality group, a Binaural Beats-supported music group, and a control group. The research will be completed with a total of 90 people, with 30 people in each group. The research will be conducted at the Maternity Ward of Istanbul Gaziosmanpaşa Training and Research Hospital. Ethics committee approval has been received for the research. Data collection has not yet begun. An application has been made to the hospital administration for institutional permission. The research will begin once the permissions are received.
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Change in maternal serum hormone levels (oxytocin, prolactin, catecholamines, endorphin, prostaglandin E, and cortisol)
Timeframe: From onset of active labor to 8 hours postpartum (through study completion, an average of 1 year)