The Effect of Listening to Music and Drawing on the Coping With Dysmenorrhea of Nursing Students Experiencing Dysmenorrhea

This three-armed randomized controlled study (RCT) will be conducted in July 2023 in Bartın University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department students experiencing dysmenorrhea. Nursing students who experienced dysmenorrhea at the time of application were informed about the aims, setup and intervention of the study. and evaluated for suitability in a short, standardized interview. Nursing students experiencing dysmenorrhea who met our criteria were given a basic questionnaire along with a letter of information and an informed consent form. Nursing students with dysmenorrhea gave written informed consent for participation in the study were included. Evaluations in all three groups were made before randomization (ie baseline) and immediately after the intervention periods (2nd and 3rd month).

Randomization: The randomization list was made by another scientist who was not involved in the research process in order to preserve the random selection order and to prevent bias, and with this blinding applied, the group allocation was hidden. A computer randomization program was used to generate the randomization list for the intervention allocation sequence. Individuals who received a voluntary consent form and volunteered to participate in the research were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups by using the blocking method. Following simple randomization procedures, participants were assigned to one of the three arms of the study in a 1:1:1 ratio according to a computer-generated randomization scheme via https://www.sealedenvelope.com/simple-randomiser/v1.

In this research, the allocation of participants to groups was made by scientists who were not involved in the research. Due to the nature of the research, the follow-up of the practices and the participants will not be provided during the data collection process, as the researcher does it.

Intervention:

Music Group: In the second and third months, participants listened to a song that lasted 29 minutes and 32 seconds for four days (three days before menstruation and the first day of menstruation). The song to be played was determined by examining the literature, the song was composed by researcher Juan Sebastian Martin-Saavedra and was named Occasio Adolore (Music Piece No. 5-559-355 and Phonogram No. 12-105-295) by the author copyright institution of Colombia. registered under. While the researcher is composing the song, it is to create a piece of music that will reduce the pain felt, activate positive emotions and relax the person. The composed song is available online within the scope of the published article (https://soundcloud.com/jss-martin/occasio-adolore). Written permission was obtained from Juan Sebastian Martin-Saavedra to use the composed song in the research. The access link of the composed song will be sent to the participants via social media (WhatsApp). After listening to music for three days before the menstrual cycle and on the first day of menstruation (for a total of four days), pain, menstrual symptoms and perceived stress on the first day of menstruation will be measured using VAS, MSS, and PSS, respectively.