NCT05647148

The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercises on Sleep Quality

The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercises on Sleep Quality, Serotonin, and Melatonin Levels of Heart Diseases Patients

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ataturk University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study; In order to investigate the effect of progressive relaxation exercises on sleep quality, serotonin and melatonin levels in cardiac patients with sleep problems, a pretest/posttest experimental design study will be conducted with a control group. The data of this study will be collected between May 2022 and December 2022. The research will be carried out with a total of 60 (experimental group=30, control group=30) patients treated for heart failure, myocardial infarction and angina pectoris in the cardiology clinic of a university hospital. The data of the study will be collected using the Richard's Campbell Sleep Scale and the Commercial ELISA kit. Progressive relaxation exercises will be applied to the patients included in the experimental group for 3 consecutive days. Before relaxation exercises, urine melatonin, serotonin level \[5-hydroxyindolacetic acid (5-HIAA) and 6-sulphatoxymelatonin(6-HMS)\] measurement and sleep quality will be measured according to the kit procedure. In the analysis of the data, significance p \<0.05 will be accepted. Institutional permission, ethics committee approval, and written consent from the participants were obtained before the study.

Detailed description

The data of this study will be collected between May 2022 and December 2022. The research will be carried out with a total of 60 (experimental group=30, control group=30) patients treated for heart failure, myocardial infarction and angina pectoris in the cardiology clinic of a university hospital. The study was planned as a randomized controlled experiment. Patients meeting the research criteria will be randomly assigned to 30 experimental-30 control groups by randomization method. Information Form, Richard's Campbell Sleep Scale and commercial ELISA kit will be used as data collection tools in the research.

Conditions

• Sleep Disturbance
• Nursing Care

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Progressive Relaxation Exercises	In the first part of this audio material, which consists of three parts; The definition of deep relaxation, its purpose and points to be considered during exercise are included. The second part, consisting of an average of thirty minutes, includes the explanation of relaxation exercises with verbal commands accompanied by the sound of the stream. In the last part, there is only relaxation music without any commands.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-05-09
• Primary completion: 2022-12-30
• Completion: 2022-12-30
• First posted: 2022-12-12
• Last updated: 2022-12-12

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)