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.
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 Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
96
"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.
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.
Demet İnangil
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
Anxiety
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.
Time frame: Change from baseline in 1 week
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