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Effectiveness of music therapy and progressive muscle relaxation in reducing stress before exams and improving academic performance in Nursing students: a randomized trial

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dc.contributor.authorGallego-Gómez, Juana Inés
dc.contributor.authorBalanza Galindo, Serafín
dc.contributor.authorLeal-Llopis, Jesús
dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Méndez, Juan Antonio
dc.contributor.authorOliva-Pérez, José
dc.contributor.authorDoménech-Tortosa, Javier
dc.contributor.authorSimonelli-Muñoz, Agustín Javier
dc.contributor.authorRivera-Caravaca, José Miguel
dc.contributor.authorGómez Gallego, María
dc.contributor.departmentEnfermería
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-07T09:54:57Z
dc.date.available2024-02-07T09:54:57Z
dc.date.issued2020-01
dc.description© 2019 Elsevier Ltd. This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Nurse Education Today. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2019.104217
dc.description.abstractBackground: Nursing students experiencing high stress levels before exams could suffer worse academic performance. Objective: We evaluated an intervention combining Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) and music therapy on the decrease of before exams stress and the improvement of academic results. Design and methods: Randomized controlled trial including students from the Nursing Degree during the first semester of the 2017–2018 academic year. All participants were randomized to the control (CG) or the experimental group (EG). The CG took the exam as usual whereas in the EG, PMR and music therapy were performed before exams. Blood samples were drawn to investigate variations in biochemical parameters. The academic performance was assessed by the score obtained in the “Clinical Nursing” exam. Results: We included 112 students (75% females, mean age 24.3 ± 6.2 years, 56 students in every group). There were no differences in any parameter during the first measurement. Regarding the second measurement, we observed a reduction in heart rate for the EG and an increase in blood pressure, heart rate, and cortisol for the CG. Indeed, these parameters were significantly higher compared to the EG. The EG had a mean score of 5.07 ± 1.59 in the Clinical Nursing exam, which was significantly higher compared to the CG (4.42 ± 1.58, p=0.033). The proportion of fails in the CG was also higher (62.5% vs. 42.9%, p=0.037). Conclusion: In this study including students from the Nursing degree, the combination of PMR and music therapy was effective for the control and decrease of stress before exams, and also demonstrated improvements in academic results.es
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dc.identifier.citationNurse Education Today, 2020, Vol. 84: 104217
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2019.104217
dc.identifier.issnPrint: 0260-6917
dc.identifier.issnElectronic: 1532-2793
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/138868
dc.languageenges
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relationSin financiación externa a la Universidades
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0260691719306045?via%3Dihub
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subjectRelajación muscular progresivaes
dc.subjectMusicoterapiaes
dc.subjectEstréses
dc.subjectExámeneses
dc.subjectRendimiento académicoes
dc.subjectEstudiantes de enfermeríaes
dc.subjectProgressive muscle relaxationen
dc.subjectMusic therapyen
dc.subjectStressen
dc.subjectExamsen
dc.subjectAcademic performanceen
dc.subjectNursing studenten
dc.subject.otherCDU::6 - Ciencias aplicadas::61 - Medicina::614 - Higiene y salud pública. Contaminación. Prevención de accidentes. Enfermeríaes
dc.titleEffectiveness of music therapy and progressive muscle relaxation in reducing stress before exams and improving academic performance in Nursing students: a randomized trialen
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