NCT05312749

The Effect of Web Based Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise on Clinical Stress and Anxiety of Nursing Students

The Effect of Web-Based Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise on the Perceived Stress and Anxiety Level of Nursing Students Found in Clinical Practice for the First Time: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 66 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ataturk University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Purpose: The study was conducted to examine the effect of web-based progressive muscle relaxation exercise on the perceived stress and anxiety level of nursing students who were in clinical practice for the first time. Method: This randomized controlled study was conducted at a state university in Turkey. The sample of the study consisted of a total of 66 nursing students, 36 of whom were control and 30 interventions, who were educated in the 2021-2022 academic year, were in clinical practice for the first time and agreed to participate in the research. The intervention group was asked to perform a total of 36 sessions of progressive muscle relaxation exercise, 3 days a week for 12 weeks. Data; It was collected using the "Sociodemographic Characteristics Form", "State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (DSQ)" and "Perceived Stress Inventory (PSI)".

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Stress
• Nursing Students
• Relaxation Program

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	progressive relaxation exercises	progressive relaxation exercises

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-27
• Primary completion: 2021-10-25
• Completion: 2021-12-25
• First posted: 2022-04-05
• Last updated: 2022-04-11

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)