Evaluation of the Effect of Music Medicine Application on Menstrual Symptoms

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• Conditions: Menstruation; Syndrome
• Interventions: Other: music medicine practice

• Registration Number: NCT06314165
• Lead Sponsor: Pamukkale University

Brief Summary

In this study, the "Music Medicine Application" method was chosen in line with the literature and guidelines and it is aimed to determine whether it is effective in reducing the symptoms experienced by female students with "Music Medicine Application" during the menstrual period.

Detailed Description

This study aims to determine whether the application of music medicine is effective in reducing the symptoms experienced by female students during the menstrual period. The type of research was planned as a prospective, randomized controlled experimental study with a pretest-posttest control group. The research will be conducted with female students studying at Pamukkale University Faculty of Health Sciences. The data of the research will be collected between March 2024 and February 2025. Personal Information Form, Visual Analogue Scale and Menstruation Symptom Scale will be used to collect data. It was determined that a total of 62 people should participate in the research, 31 in the experimental group and 31 in the control group. As the randomization method, "simple randomization" will be used to ensure an equal number of samples in the experimental and control groups. Randomization will be done using the www.randomizer.org application. The data will be analyzed using the SPSS (23.0) package program. Continuous variables will be given as mean ± standard deviation and categorical variables will be given as number and percentage. Significance Test of Difference Between Two Means in comparing independent group differences when parametric test assumptions are met; When parametric test assumptions are not met, Mann-Whitney U test will be used to compare independent group differences.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-03
• Study Start: 2024-03-10
• Study First Submitted: 2024-03-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-03-10
• Study First Posted: 2024-03-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-03-20
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-21
• Primary Completion: 2025-02
• Study Completion: 2025-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 62

Inclusion Criteria

1. Volunteering to participate in the research
2. Menstrual cycle length has been within normal limits (21-35) for the last 3 months
3. Not using oral contraceptives for the last 3 months
4. Not having any psychiatric problems and not receiving any treatment for this in the last 3 months.
5. Not using painkillers or any pharmacological agents or methods that reduce symptoms during the study.
6. Participants who marked 1.1-10 according to Visüel analog scala

Exclusion Criteria

1. Presence of chronic diseases or serious medical conditions
2. Presence of another physical or psychological disorder that may affect menstrual symptoms
3. Presence of psychiatric or psychological disorders
4. Active drug use or hormone therapy
5. Having given birth
6. Answering survey questions incompletely or not answering them
7. Participants who marked 0-1 according to Visüel analog scala
8. Not applying music medicine for the experimental group

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
group practicing music medicine	music medicine practice	There will be 2 follow-ups for each group. In the first follow-up for the experimental group, when symptoms begin on the first day of their menstrual period, they will be asked to fill out the Menstruation Symptom Scale and Visual Analogue Scale, and the designated music will be played for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, he/she will be asked to fill out the same surveys again. In the 2nd follow-up (during the menstrual period one month after the first follow-up), they will be asked to repeat what was done in the 1st follow-up on the first day of their menstrual period.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
menstruation symptom scale	Two months	Participants are asked to rate the symptoms they experience regarding menstruation between 1 (never) and 5 (always). Scale items are numbered according to certain factors for ease of use. Items 1-13 belong to the "Negative effects/somatic complaints" subcategory, items 14-19 belong to the "Menstrual pain symptoms" subcategory, and items 20-22 belong to the "Coping methods" subcategory. A five-point Likert type was used in the Menstruation Symptom Scale, which consists of 22 items. The score obtained from the sub-dimensions is calculated by taking the total score average of the items in the relevant sub-dimension. An increase in the mean score for sub-dimensions indicates that the severity of menstrual symptoms in that sub-dimension has increased.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual Analogue Scale	Two months	Participants were included in the "healthy" category when they marked the 0-1 range of the scale, and were included in the "Menstruation pain" category when they marked the 1.1-10 range. They were divided into 3 groups according to pain severity. 1.1-3: Mild pain, 3.1-7: Moderate pain, 7.1-10: Severe pain.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pamukkale University Faculty of Health Sciences; 🇹🇷 Denizli, Turkey