Binaural Beats Dysmenorrhea And Sleep Quality

Inonu University

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Dysmenorrhea Primary

Treatments

Other: Binaural Beats

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06838936

Nursing Department

Details and patient eligibility

About

The research is a randomized controlled trial. The sample group will consist of 120 people; 60 participants will be included in the experimental group, and 60 will be included in the control group. In the study, the participants in the experimental group will listen to the alpha sound for pain for 10 minutes and the delta sound for sleep for 15 minutes via the mobile application three days a week. The researchers will not intervene with the control group during the study. During the study, only the data collection tabs of the mobile application will be active for the control group, and the use of the sounds will be opened at the end of the study. The study data were used in the personal identification form, menstruation symptom scale, Pittsburgh sleep quality index, and Women's Health Initiative Insomnia Scale.

Full description

Binaural beats are based on creating a physiological response by applying sound at different frequencies to both ears. The brain perceives the sound given at different frequencies to both ears as a single frequency. The perception of different frequency sounds as a single frequency is called binaural integration. EEG studies suggest that binaural beats can affect electrocortical activity; that is, they can modulate the frequency of neuronal oscillations without requiring prior training. Binaural beats application reduces pain, anxiety, and stress and improves sleep quality in individuals. Binaural beats is a non-pharmacological application that does not require any training before application. No side effects have been reported in the studies conducted in the literature, and it is also emphasized that it is an effective, cheap, safe, and non-pharmacological application. From this point of view, this study aims to determine the effect of binaural beats on sleep quality and dysmenorrhea during menstruation.

Enrollment

120 estimated patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Being over 18 years old
Having headphones (for the experimental group)
Having pain of 4 and above according to the numerical pain scale
Taking a Women's Health and Diseases Nursing Course
Not using medication during menstruation
Not using sleeping pills
Being single
Not using contraceptives
Not having a hearing problem
Not having a psychiatric problem
Not having alcohol or substance addiction constitutes the inclusion criteria of the study.

Exclusion criteria

Not listening to binaural sounds for two days or more on the days specified in the mobile application
Using analgesics during menstruation while the study is ongoing
Experiencing irregular menstrual bleeding in the last three months constitutes the study's exclusion criteria.