J Educ Res Nurs. 2025; 22(1): 78-82 | DOI: 10.14744/jern.2025.12316

Effect of Listening to Music on Anxiety Levels of Nursing Students During Their First Experience with Intravenous Catheterization: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Saadet Erzincanlı, Arzu Yüksel
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Türkiye

Background: Nursing education aims to provide knowledge and skills. However, skills training may induce anxiety in nursing students. Listening to music is a method commonly used to reduce anxiety levels among students.

Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of listening to music on the anxiety levels of nursing students during their first experience with intravenous catheterization.

Methods: This quasi-experimental study included a sample of 73 freshman nursing students. The experimental group (EG) listened to music during intravenous (IV) catheterization skill practice. Data were collected using a Student Information Form and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Statistical analyses included number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Chi-square test, independent samples test, and paired-sample test.

Results: The mean age of students was 19.11 ± 2.06 years in the experimental group and 19.67 ± 2.62 years in the control group. No differences were found between the groups in terms of sociodemographic variables. The anxiety level of the experimental group was significantly lower, while in the control group, the mean diastolic blood pressure and pulse rate significantly increased.

Conclusion: Listening to music reduced the anxiety levels of nursing students during their first experience with intravenous catheterization. It is recommended that music be used as a strategy to reduce anxiety in nursing students during skills practice.

Keywords: Anxiety, music, nursing education, nursing students, peripheral intravenous catheterization

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