2025, Vol. 7, Issue 2, Part B

Background: Nursing is a demanding profession influenced by long working hours, emotional strain, and staffing shortages, making nurses highly vulnerable to stress and burnout.

Aim: This study evaluated the effectiveness of music therapy on reducing stress and burnout among staff nurses in selected hospitals of Surat district.

Materials and Methods: A quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest control group design was conducted among 180 staff nurses (90 in experimental group, 90 in control group) from selected hospitals in Surat, who were selected by using convenience sampling techniques. The experimental group received 20 minutes of professionally prepared music therapy daily for 4 weeks, while the control group received no intervention. Data were collected by using a socio demographic questionnaire, standardized tools of stress and burnout. Two posttest were taken at interval of 15 days.

Results: Findings showed a marked reduction in perceived stress (25.09 ± 3.5 to 12.91 ± 2.8), emotional exhaustion (23.45 ± 4.2 to 12.34 ± 3.1), and depersonalization (11.78 ± 2.5 to 6.21 ± 1.9), along with an increase in personal achievement (34.56 ± 3.8 to 42.12 ± 3.2).

Conclusion: The study concludes that professionally composed music therapy is effective in significantly reducing stress and burnout among staff nurses.