The effect of listening to music and drawing on coping with dysmenorrhea complaints in nursing students: randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To examine the effect of listening to music and drawing on coping with dysmenorrhea complaints of nursing students.

Methods

The study was a double-blind, three parallel-group randomized controlled trial conducted between August 2023 and May 2024 at Bartın University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing. Ninety-six dysmenorrheic nursing students with regular menstrual cycles were included in the study and randomly assigned to three groups as drawing, music and control groups. Visual Analog Scale (100mmVAS of pain), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Menstrual Symptoms Scale (MSS) were applied to the students at baseline, 1st and 2nd months. The interventions were as follows: the music group listened to a 29-minute and 32-second song three days before menstruat

SUBMITTER: Kucukkaya B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11515444 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature