The relationship between listening to religious music and reading al-Qur'an to anxiety levels of medical students

Background: The rate of anxiety in students of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Muhammadiyah Surakarta is still high at 57.1% for moderate anxiety, while those including mild anxiety levels are 36.7% and severe anxiety levels are 6.1%. Tranquility in the soul can be obtained from listening to religious music and reading the Qur'an (recitations). This study aims to determine the relationship of listening to religious music and reading the Qur'an (recitations) to the level of anxiety.Methods: This study was an analytic observational study with a cross sectional approach. Samples were taken by purposive sampling. This study uses the TMAS questionnaire to assess anxiety. The number of samples is 54. Analysis of the data used is Chi-square and Logistic Regression.Results: The results of Chi-Square test about the relationship listening to religious music to anxiety levels showed p = 0.000 and the relationship of reading Al-Qur'an (tilawah) to anxiety showed p = 0.000 which p<0.05 present a significant correlation between two variables. Logistic Regression test results of listening to religious music to anxiety levels showed p = 0.008 and OR = 7.164 and the relationship of reading Al-Qur'an (tilawah) to anxiety levels showed p = 0.002 and OR = 8.244.Conclusions: There is a significant correlation between listening to religious music and reading the Qur'an (tilawah) with the level of anxiety of students in the Faculty of Medicine, Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. Students who listen to religious music and often read the Qur'an (recitations) will reduce the risk of anxiety. Reading the Qur'an (recitations) is more influential on reducing the level of anxiety than listening to religious music