NCT06838936

Binaural Beats Dysmenorrhea And Sleep Quality

The Effect of Binaural Beats on Sleep Quality and Dysmenorrhea During Menstruation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Inonu University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The research is a randomized controlled trial. The sample group will consist of 120 people; 60 participants will be included in the experimental group, and 60 will be included in the control group. In the study, the participants in the experimental group will listen to the alpha sound for pain for 10 minutes and the delta sound for sleep for 15 minutes via the mobile application three days a week. The researchers will not intervene with the control group during the study. During the study, only the data collection tabs of the mobile application will be active for the control group, and the use of the sounds will be opened at the end of the study. The study data were used in the personal identification form, menstruation symptom scale, Pittsburgh sleep quality index, and Women's Health Initiative Insomnia Scale.

Detailed description

Binaural beats are based on creating a physiological response by applying sound at different frequencies to both ears. The brain perceives the sound given at different frequencies to both ears as a single frequency. The perception of different frequency sounds as a single frequency is called binaural integration. EEG studies suggest that binaural beats can affect electrocortical activity; that is, they can modulate the frequency of neuronal oscillations without requiring prior training. Binaural beats application reduces pain, anxiety, and stress and improves sleep quality in individuals. Binaural beats is a non-pharmacological application that does not require any training before application. No side effects have been reported in the studies conducted in the literature, and it is also emphasized that it is an effective, cheap, safe, and non-pharmacological application. From this point of view, this study aims to determine the effect of binaural beats on sleep quality and dysmenorrhea during menstruation.

Conditions

• Dysmenorrhea Primary

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Binaural Beats	Mobile application for binaural beats listening

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-30
• Primary completion: 2025-01-30
• Completion: 2025-05-15
• First posted: 2025-02-21
• Last updated: 2025-07-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)