The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercise on Fatigue in Intensive Care Nurses

Fatigue Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercise on Fatigue in Intensive Care Nurses

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05435664
• Other study ID #: HMKUASKAR-02
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: April 29, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: January 2024
• Source: Mustafa Kemal University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study was planned as a randomized controlled experiment. It was aimed to examine the effect of progressive relaxation exercises applied to intensive care nurses on fatigue. The sociodemographic information of the participants will be collected with the 'Personal Information Form' and their fatigue levels with the 'Fatigue Severity Scale'. SPSS 22.0 package program will be used in the analysis of the data. p<0.05 will be considered significant.

Description:

Intensive care nurses experience high levels of fatigue due to the physically and mentally demanding tasks they undertake. For example; Conditions such as prolonged seizures, difficulty sleeping, and heavy workload trigger this fatigue. One of the non-pharmacological interventions used in the management of fatigue experienced by intensive care nurses is progressive relaxation exercise (PGE). PGE involves voluntary, continuous and systematic stretching and subsequent relaxation of various muscle groups and was first described by Jacobson in 1938. The purpose of PGE is to focus attention on skeletal muscles and relax the whole body. While doing the exercise, the individual feels the difference between tension and relaxation in the muscles. Thus, when needed, it learns to relax in order to reduce the tension in the muscles. In the literature, it has been shown that PGE reduces the severity of fatigue caused by different chronic diseases. In this context, in this study, it is aimed to examine the effect of progressive relaxation exercise applied to intensive care nurses on fatigue and to contribute to the literature and to the fatigue management of nurses in line with the results obtained.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 75
• Est. completion date: April 29, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: April 29, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Working for at least 6 months

• Having a Fatigue Severity Scale score of 2.8 and above

• Volunteer to participate in research

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having a problem that prevents breathing through the nose

• Having a diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or Asthma

• Being pregnant

• Having physical and mental health problems that prevent communication

• Practicing any complementary method (relaxation exercise, yoga, etc.) during the study

• Informed about the research but willing to participate in the research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fatigue

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Progressive relaxation exercise
It consists of sessions involving deep breathing and stretching and relaxing the body.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Hospital	Hatay

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mustafa Kemal University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (5)

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Mander J, Blanck P, Neubauer AB, Kroger P, Fluckiger C, Lutz W, Barnow S, Bents H, Heidenreich T. Mindfulness and progressive muscle relaxation as standardized session-introduction in individual therapy: A randomized controlled trial. J Clin Psychol. 2019 Jan;75(1):21-45. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22695. Epub 2018 Oct 8. — View Citation

Park ES, Yim HW, Lee KS. Progressive muscle relaxation therapy to relieve dental anxiety: a randomized controlled trial. Eur J Oral Sci. 2019 Feb;127(1):45-51. doi: 10.1111/eos.12585. Epub 2018 Nov 14. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in fatigue	It was measured with the Fatigue Severity Scale. The fatigue severity scale is a short measurement tool consisting of nine questions developed by Krupp and used to measure the degree of fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis. The validity and reliability of the scale Armutlu et al. and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was found to be 0.94. In the scale, individuals are asked to rate the fatigue they have felt during the past week from 1 to 7. Each section is scored between 1 (strongly disagree) and 7 (strongly agree). The total score is calculated by taking the average of nine items.	At the beginning of the study, at weeks 1, 2, 3 and 4