NCT06787833

The Effect of Classical Music on Dental Students' Stress and Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Effect of Performing Clinical Practice With Classical Music on Dental Students' Stress and Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 46 (actual)
• Sponsor: Karabuk University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The students adapted to the environment for the first 2 days, were informed about the study, and their informed consent was obtained. Participants were asked to answer all questions and to give a single answer to each question. The students filled in the questionnaire form used in the study without any intervention by the researcher. Participants filled out the same survey four times at different times following a specific protocol.

Detailed description

The study was conducted with a specific protocol. First, they were asked to complete a questionnaire including socio-demographic data, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14), and Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) before patient admission (T1). The students were asked to complete the same questionnaire at the end of the day after working for 2 days (T2) and in the morning on the 5th day of their study before seeing patients (T3). Each of the students participating in the study was given disposable headphones every day during the week of music listening. In this study, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (1 hour 2 minutes) Mozart's Serenata Notturna KV239 (12.50 minutes) and Pachelbel's Canon in D major (6.16 minutes)were used. It was shared with the students via WhatsApp and they were allowed to listen to this music on their phones for 1 week (2 hours on average) during the study period. The same questionnaire was refilled at the end of the week in which music was played (T4).

Conditions

• Psychological Factors

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Questionnaire	to complete a questionnaire including socio-demographic data, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14), and Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) before patient admission (T1). The students were asked to complete the same questionnaire at the end of the day after working for 2 days (T2) and in the morning on the 5th day of their study before seeing patients (T3).The same questionnaire was refilled at the end of the week in which music was played (T4).
OTHER	listening to music	Each of the students participating in the study was given disposable headphones every day during the week of music listening. In this study, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (1 hour 2 minutes)23,55, Mozart's Serenata Notturna KV239 (12.50 minutes)18,19, and Pachelbel's Canon in D major (6.16 minutes)24,25 were used. It was shared with the students via WhatsApp and they were allowed to listen to this music on their phones for 1 week (2 hours on average) during the study period.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-11-01
• Primary completion: 2021-12-17
• Completion: 2021-12-24
• First posted: 2025-01-22
• Last updated: 2025-01-22

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)