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

Music Therapy and Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04540172

Enrollment

Registered

2020-09-07

Start date

2019-08-01

Completion date

2019-12-01

Last updated

2020-09-09

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Conditions

Anxiety, Stress

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.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALMusic Therapy

Mahur tune, one of the nonverbal instruments of the Traditional Turkish Music Authorities, was selected for the study with the opinion of a music therapy specialist.

BEHAVIORALProgressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise

In this study, the steps of applying progressive muscle relaxation exercise were created with the guidance of the Relaxation Exercises materials of the Turkish Psychological Association.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

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.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
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.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 17, 2026