The Effects of Education and Music Practice on Insomnia and Quality of Life

Summary

Background: Insomnia is the most common problem among sleep disorders. Approximately 4-39% of the general adolescent population appears to experience clinically classified insomnia. Insomnia in adolescence, when intellectual, physiological, psychological and social changes are intense, deprives adolescents of the attention and cognition needed to play an active role in these exciting and challenging processes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of music practice and sleep hygiene education in adolescents aged 14-18 years with insomnia.

Method: The study will conduct in a randomized controlled experimental design with three groups. The population of the study consists of adolescents aged 14-18, who are studying in Amasya City Center. The sample of the study will be 60 adolescents in the sleep hygiene education group (20), the music practice group (20) and the control group (20). The research will be carried out between September and November 2022.In this study, data will with collect Descriptive Characteristics Form for Adolescents and Their Families, Adolescent Insomnia Questionnaire and Quality of Life Scale for Children.

Conditions

• Insomnia

Interventions

OTHER

Music Application

The Introductory Characteristics Form for Adolescents, the PedsQL and AIQ will be applied. After, the predetermined instrumental music will be shared with the adolescents every evening for 15 days via social media by the researcher and participants will be asked to listen to these music. Participants will listen to the instrumental music sent by the researcher for at least 20 minutes every evening during the music application. This whole process will be reminded to the adolescents with messages every evening and they will be asked to listen the music before the normal bedtime (before 23:00 at night). At the end of the music application (after 15 days), the Introductory Characteristics Form for Adolescents, the PedsQL and AIQ will be reapplied. In the music application, the selecting instrumental music will be used. To determine the music, the researcher will be advice received from the TÜMATA and the a music education expert.

OTHER

Sleep Hygiene Training

After explaining the purpose of the study and the way it was applied to the adolescents in the music practice group, the Introductory Characteristics Form for Adolescents, the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) and Adolescent Insomnia Questionary (AIQ) will be applied. Adolescents in this group will be trained on Zoom for 4 weeks, 2 times a week, for 8 sessions (1 session 40 min). Sleep hygiene training prepared based on expert opinions and literature (Halal \& Nunes, 2014; Dinis \& Bragança, 2018; İşsever et al., 2021) will be given by the researcher. A Sleep Hygiene Training Booklet will be prepared for use in education and to give to adolescents after education.The Sleep Hygiene training booklet to be prepared will be prepared by the researcher and submitted for expert opinions. Adolescents who received sleep hygiene training will be reapply 15 days after the training, with the PedsQL and AIQ.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• TC Erciyes University

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

14 Years

Max Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-02-19

Primary Completion

2023-03-19

Completion

2023-12-19