Effect Of Musıc Therapy On Anxıety Levels In COVID-19 Pandemıc

Effect Of Musıc Therapy On Anxıety Levels In Prımary Care Famıly Health Workers In COVID-19 Pandemıc

This study, which has a randomized controlled experimental design, was planned to determine the effect of music therapy on the anxiety level of family health personnel working in primary health care centers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study will be carried out between 4 August and 31 December with nurses, midwives and other family health personnel working in family health centers. Participants will be randomized into two groups, a control and an intervention group. Individuals in the intervention group will receive 15 minutes of music therapy once a day for 5 days. No intervention will be made in the control group. Data Descriptive Question and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory online design; It will be collected on the Google Forms platform.. Data analysis will be done using SPSS 20 program.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Anxiety
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Music Therapy

Detailed Description

Today, billions of people are struggling with the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus. The pandemic causes many psychosocial and mental health problems in humans. (Montano and Acebes 2020, Guo, Feng et al. 2020, Ostacoli, Cosmo et al. 2020, Carmassi, Foghi et al. 2020, Heitzman 2020, Sun, Sun et al. 2021, Yuan ,Gong et al. 2021, Taylor, Landry et al 2020 ). Many people have faced problems such as stress, depression and anxiety (Liu, Yang et al 2020). Compared to other segments of the society, health workers experience these problems more frequently and more severely. The reason for this is that healthcare professionals undertake the task of providing health care services to people infected with the virus, being together with patients, having close contact and meeting their health needs. This situation triggers the risk of contact with patients, fear of death, concerns about the health of themselves and their family members, and psychological problems (Aykurt and Aykurt 2020). Therefore, healthcare workers are considered to be a high-risk group in which the psychological consequences of COVID-19 are significant and persistent (Fiorillo and Gorwood 2020).

Studies in the literature have shown that healthcare workers experience severe anxiety due to COVID-19. (Yanez, Jahanshahi et al 2020, Sahebi, Nejati et al 2021, Lai, Ma et al 2019, Ataç, Sezerol et al 2020, Luo, Liu et al 2021).

It is very important to screen health workers who provide uninterrupted service in pandemic conditions in terms of anxiety and other psychological problems and to plan remedial interventions. In this context, music therapy, which is known as an effective method to reduce the anxiety level of individuals and reduce stress, comes to mind. Music therapy studies with healthcare professionals are limited in the literature. In this context, it is aimed that this study will contribute to filling this gap in the literature and creating a database.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 42
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Sinem Kurtoğlu; Phone Number: 05544657304; Email: sinem.nehirrr@gmail.com
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Saadet Can Çiçek; Phone Number: 05062846936; Email: saadet.cancicek@ibu.edu.tr

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Bolu, Turkey
    • Recruiting
    • Family Health Centers in Bolu
    • Contact: ASM

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Not having a verbal or auditory communication barrier,
• To voluntarily agree to participate in the research,
• Not having a diagnosis of neuropsychiatric disease,
• Having the opportunity to fill out the surveys online,
• Possess the title of midwife or nurse.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having a diagnosed neuropsychiatric disorder,
• Verbal and auditory communication disability,
• Not being willing to participate in the research,
• Having a title other than a midwife or nurse.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental group; 4 music genres with expert opinion will be presented to the preference of the participants in the intervention group, these types of music; Classical Music, Turkish Classical Music, Turkish Folk Music and Sufi Music. The music is instrumental, 70 decibels and non-verbal. Participants will listen to a genre they choose and download to their mobile phones once for 5 days for 15 minutes. They will listen to the music in the environment they live in, at a time convenient for them, at the desired volume level and with headphones in accordance with the determined therapy program. At the beginning of the research, an Introductory Questionnaire will be applied to all participants. Trait Anxiety Inventory will be administered before music therapy on the 1st day of the study and after the music therapy application on the 5th day.	Other: Music Therapy; Classical Music, Turkish Classical Music, Turkish Folk Music and Sufi Music
No Intervention: Control group; No application will be made to the participants in the control group, and the data collection tools will be applied with the same frequency as in the intervention group.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Anxiety	State-Trait Anxiety Scale The scale consists of a total of 40 items in two separate parts. The scale includes direct and reversed statements. The total score that can be obtained from the scale is a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 80 points, and an increase in the score indicates an increase in the level of anxiety (Öner and Le Compte 1983).	Two months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Abant Izzet Baysal University
• Investigators: Study Director: Saadet CAN ÇİÇEK, http://www.ibu.edu.tr/tr

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 8, 2021
• Primary Completion (Estimated): January 31, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 30, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 30, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): August 3, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 19, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 16, 2023
• Last Verified: December 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Music Therapy
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Lung Diseases; COVID-19; Anxiety Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: AIBU-SBF-SK-01

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No