The Effect of Music Therapy and Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise on Anxiety Before the First Clinical Practice

Anxiety Clinical Trial

Official title:

Music Therapy and Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04540172
• Other study ID #: 46418926
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: September 2020
• Source: Istanbul Saglik Bilimleri University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of music therapy and progressive muscle relaxation exercise on the state and trait anxiety levels before their first clinical practice in nursing students.

Description:

This randomized controlled experimental study sample consisted of 86 nursing students who will be firstly applied to clinical practice. The students were randomly assigned to music (n=30), exercise (n=28), and control (n=28) groups. The data of the study were collected with Student Information Form and State-Trait Anxiety Scale. The music therapy intervention was applied to the experimental groups three times a week for the first 2 weeks.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 96
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: October 1, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• being 18 years or older,

• being enrolled in the Nursing Fundamentals theoretical course,

• participating fully in the attempts being applied in the study,

• volunteering to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• be graduating from Health Vocational High School

• not being in the field of application determined on the first clinical application day.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Anxiety Disorders
• Stress

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Music Therapy
"Mahur tune," one of the nonverbal instruments of the Traditional Turkish Music Authorities, was selected for the study with the opinion of a music therapy specialist.
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise
In this study, the steps of applying progressive muscle relaxation exercise were created with the guidance of the "Relaxation Exercises " materials of the Turkish Psychological Association.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Demet Inangil	Istanbul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Istanbul Saglik Bilimleri University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (2)

Chen Y, Yang X, Wang L, Zhang X. A randomized controlled trial of the effects of brief mindfulness meditation on anxiety symptoms and systolic blood pressure in Chinese nursing students. Nurse Educ Today. 2013 Oct;33(10):1166-72. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.11.014. Epub 2012 Dec 20. — View Citation

Dehghan-Nayeri N, Adib-Hajbaghery M. Effects of progressive relaxation on anxiety and quality of life in female students: a non-randomized controlled trial. Complement Ther Med. 2011 Aug;19(4):194-200. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2011.06.002. Epub 2011 Jul 12. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Anxiety	The level of Anxiety was evaluated with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). STAI consists of 20 items for assessing trait anxiety and 20 for state anxiety. All items are rated on a 4-point scale (None" (1), "A little" (2), "Very" (3), and "Completely" (4). Higher scores indicate greater anxiety.	Change from baseline in 1 week