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

Music Therapy and Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise

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.

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.