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

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stress; Anxiety

• Registration Number: NCT04540172
• Lead Sponsor: Istanbul Saglik Bilimleri University

Brief 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.

Detailed 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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-08-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-10-01
• Study Completion: 2019-12-01
• Status Verified: 2020-09
• Study First Submitted: 2020-09-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-09-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-09-04
• Study First Posted: 2020-09-07
• Last Update Posted: 2020-09-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 96

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety	Change from baseline in 1 week	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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Demet İnangil; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey