Therapeutic Melodies: How Classical Turkish Music Soothes Stress and Eases Loneliness - A Randomized Controlled Trial With Elders
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 70
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- The Perceived Stress Scale (first evaluation with posttest)
研究概览
简要总结
This study investigated the impact of traditional classical Turkish music as a telehealth intervention on reducing stress and loneliness among elderly individuals.
详细描述
The study was conducted at one of the Third Age University as a single-blind randomized and control-group experimental study. Elders were randomized into two main groups according to whether they lived alone or with someone. Interactive livestream musical interventions were performed for four weeks, in total eight sessions. The data of the study were collected three times with the Perceived Stress Scale and UCLA Loneliness Scale III in a pretest-posttest-follow-up test design (12th week after the posttest). Significance of difference tests, repeated variance analyses, and strength of influence tests were performed in dependent and independent groups with and without normal distribution.
The online-tool randomization method was utilized to apply simple randomization. Upon identifying the sample, it was initially segregated into two categories: individuals who resided alone and those who did not. The grouping of participants was carried out using an assignment method through a computer program, ensuring equivalence among research groups in terms of gender, stress, and loneliness. Following randomization, conformity of the groups' homogeneity and scales scores to normal distribution were examined with the Shapiro-Wilk test, skewness and kurtosis coefficients, histograms, and Levene's test of homogeneity of variance (p<0,05)
The study aimed to investigate the short and long-term effects of eight sessions of interactive livestreamed classic Turkish music performances on stress and loneliness during Covid-19 pandemic in elderly aged 65 and over who experiencing home isolation. The research hypotheses are as follows:
Perceived stress:
Hypothesis I, H1: Interactive livestream classical Turkish music sessions have a reducing effect on the mean scores of the Perceived Stress Scale.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Factorial
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 65 Years 至 —（Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Registered for and attending their first years of lectures
- •Aged higher than 65 year
- •Able to use an interactive social media application via a computer, mobile phone or other electronic devices
- •Participate willingly and voluntarily in the research.
排除标准
- •Have a physical or sensory impairment that would affect the ability to listen to music (e.g., history of temporal brain damage, limb loss, hearing loss, etc.),
- •Have a psychiatric diagnosis that would affect decision-making and orientation assessment abilities
结局指标
主要结局
The Perceived Stress Scale (first evaluation with posttest)
时间窗: Through intervention completion, an average of 1 months
Scale was developed by Cohen, Kamarck, and Mermelstein (1983), and adapted to Turkish culture by Eskin et al. (2013) to determine the potential effects of sample stress and loneliness perception on sociodemographic and musical tendencies. According to the psychometric adaptation study, criterion validity was ensured, with an internal consistency value of .84 and a test-retest reliability of .87. The scale, which consists of 14 items, is interpreted based on the total score and two sub-dimensions (Inadequate self-efficacy perception-ISPE and stress-discomfort perception-SDP). A high total score indicates a high perception of stress, inadequate coping strategies, and ineffective stress management. In this study, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the scale was 0.82.
The UCLA Loneliness Scale III (second evaluation with follow up)
时间窗: Through intervention completion, an average of 3 months
Scale is a widely used tool for assessing loneliness, which was developed by Russell et al. (1978). The psychometric properties of the UCLA Loneliness Scale III (UCLA-III) in Turkish culture were first investigated by Demir (1989). In this study, the 3rd revision of the scale developed by Durak and Senol Durak (2010) for Turkish culture was used. The scale consists of 20 items and is rated on a four-point Likert scale (1: Never - 4: Always). The total score ranges from 20 to 80, with higher scores indicating greater loneliness. In similar sample groups, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the scale was found to be 0.91, indicating high psychometric suitability (Kurt 2014). In the context of this study, the Chronbach's alpha coefficient of the scale is 0.93.
The UCLA Loneliness Scale III (first evaluation with posttest)
时间窗: Through intervention completion, an average of 1 months
Scale is a widely used tool for assessing loneliness, which was developed by Russell et al. (1978). The psychometric properties of the UCLA Loneliness Scale III (UCLA-III) in Turkish culture were first investigated by Demir (1989). In this study, the 3rd revision of the scale developed by Durak and Senol Durak (2010) for Turkish culture was used. The scale consists of 20 items and is rated on a four-point Likert scale (1: Never - 4: Always). The total score ranges from 20 to 80, with higher scores indicating greater loneliness. In similar sample groups, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the scale was found to be 0.91, indicating high psychometric suitability (Kurt 2014). In the context of this study, the Chronbach's alpha coefficient of the scale is 0.93.
The Perceived Stress Scale (second evaluation with follow up)
时间窗: Through intervention completion, an average of 3 months
Scale was developed by Cohen, Kamarck, and Mermelstein (1983), and adapted to Turkish culture by Eskin et al. (2013) to determine the potential effects of sample stress and loneliness perception on sociodemographic and musical tendencies. According to the psychometric adaptation study, criterion validity was ensured, with an internal consistency value of .84 and a test-retest reliability of .87. The scale, which consists of 14 items, is interpreted based on the total score and two sub-dimensions (Inadequate self-efficacy perception-ISPE and stress-discomfort perception-SDP). A high total score indicates a high perception of stress, inadequate coping strategies, and ineffective stress management. In this study, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the scale was 0.82.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Gizem Beycan Ekitli, PhD.
Faculty member, lecturer, research associate
Ege University