The Effects of a Music Intervention on Stress, Anxiety and Academic Performance on Nursing Students

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stress

Treatments: Other: Music

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05590910

HSC20210672H

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is examining the effect of listening to music on personal variables such as stress, anxiety, and academic performance. Previous research has shown that listening to music can help in reducing the effects of anxiety and stress.

Full description

Students will be divided and randomized into two recording groups: 1.) Music Intervention Group, 2.) Non-Music Control Group. The music intervention group will receive a 15-minute music intervention and variables such as heart rate, blood pressure, anxiety, and academic performance will be measured. The non-music control group will not receive the intervention; however, the same variables will be measured.

Enrollment: 89 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years and older
• Enrolled at UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing clinical course
• First semester undergraduate nursing student

Exclusion criteria

• Under 18 years
• Second, third or fourth semester undergraduate nursing student

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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89 participants in 2 patient groups

Music Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

The music intervention group will receive a 15-minute music intervention and variables such as heart rate, blood pressure, anxiety, and academic performance will be measured.

Treatment:

Other: Music

Non-Music Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Variables such as heart rate, blood pressure, anxiety, and academic performance will be measured.