The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercises on Fatigue and Sleep Quality in İndividuals With Epilepsy

Epilepsy Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercises on Fatigue and Sleep Quality in Individuals With Epilepsy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05261568
• Other study ID #: AtaturkUniversity Nusing
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 10, 2021
• Est. completion date: December 22, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: February 2023
• Source: Ataturk University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Aim: It was conducted to determine the effect of web-based animation supported progressive relaxation exercise on fatigue and sleep quality in individuals with epilepsy. Material and Methods: As a randomized controlled study with a pretest- posttest model, it was conducted with individuals with epilepsy who applied to Giresun University Faculty of Medicine Neurology Outpatient Clinic between February and December 2022.The sample of the study was determined as 60 epilepsy patients, 30 of which were in the control-30 experimental group, using power analysis. The data were collected by face-to-face interview technique using Personal Information Form, Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index, Fatigue Severity Scale.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: December 22, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: December 22, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• be over the age of 18
• Having been diagnosed with epilepsy for at least 6 months
• Individuals with an average score of 4.1 or higher on the fatigue severity scale
• Individuals with a Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index total score above 5
• Being able to use mobile phone (IOS-Android)
• Being able to speak Turkish
• Up to 6 months before the study, techniques such as meditation, hypnosis, yoga not benefited,
• Having a neurological, systemic and psychiatric disease other than epilepsy not to be.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not using a mobile phone,
• Up to 6 months before the study, techniques such as meditation, hypnosis, yoga to have benefited,
• Having a neurological, systemic and psychiatric disease other than epilepsy be.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Epilepsy
• Fatigue
• Sleep

Intervention

Behavioral:
• PROGRESSIVE RELAXATION EXERCISE
Progressive relaxation exercise will be done for 6 weeks by watching the animation video in the mobile application program.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Giresun Training and Research Hospital	Giresun

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ataturk University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	fatigue severity scale	finished	An average of 1 year
Secondary	pittsburg sleep quality scale	finished	An average of 1 year