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

Istanbul Saglik Bilimleri University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise; Behavioral: Music Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04540172

46418926

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 96 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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96 participants in 3 patient groups

Music Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

music therapy was applied in the practice room. Environmental noise was reduced as much as possible; the room was dimly lit. The students were asked to close their eyes after sitting comfortably in a chair and focus on the music by asking them to imagine a different memory and place that would relax them instead of the thoughts that occupied their minds. The music was played through a portable computer for 15 minutes under the supervision of the researchers using an mp3 player program on the computer.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Music Therapy

Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise

Experimental group

Description:

In this study, the steps of applying progressive muscle relaxation exercises were created with the guidance of the "Relaxation Exercises " materials of the Turkish Psychological Association. Warning messages were hung on the door of the room, environmental noise was reduced as much as possible, and the room was provided with dim lighting. The students were asked to close their eyes and breathe deeply after sitting comfortably in a chair. After taking two deep breaths, they were told to dangle their arms and relax as much as possible. The hands, shoulders, neck, chest, abdomen, hips, legs, feet, toes, and facial muscles were made to relax while they breathed and relaxed while exhaling. They were asked to store the experience into their memories thoroughly so that they could recall this feeling for comfort during the day.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No additional method was applied in the control group.