Effectiveness of Relaxation Training and Music Listening on Anxiety and Faintness in First-time Donors

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Abstract :

The  purpose of  this experimental research was to determine the effect of relaxation training
and  music istening  on reducing anxiety and faintness in  first-time donors. The samples were 104 firsttime
 donors who donated blood at National Blood Center. These were divided into three experimental
groups  and one control group, then being 26 donors in each group. The different experimental groups
received  music listening or relaxation training or both relaxation training and music listening. Relaxation
 training and music listening were not given to the control group. The  instruments used to
measure  anxiety and faintness were the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and the State Blood -
Injection  Symptom Scale (SBISS). The data were compared pre-post test scores and analyzed by using
Anova  and Scheffe’ test from computer program SPSS. The results indicated that first-time donors
with  relaxation training the anxiety scores and faintness scores after experimental were significantly
lower than before the experimental (p < 0.01). Music listening could reduced only anxiety in first-time
donors. These  results suggested that relaxation training and music listening can be widely used in
the  other blood centers for  reducing anxiety and adverse reactions in donors. It is easy to use and costeffective.
 It also appends to encourage repeat blood donation.