Perceived Stress and Anxiety Levels of Nurses

Anxiety Clinical Trial

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Official title:

The Effect of Web-based Progressive Relaxation Exercises on Perceived Stress and Anxiety on Nurses Working in a Pandemic Hospital: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05087433
• Other study ID #: Stress and Anxiety
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: March 13, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: September 2021
• Source: Suleyman Demirel University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study was conducted to determine the effect of web-based progressive relaxation exercises applied to nurses working in a pandemic hospital on perceived stress and anxiety. In this randomized controlled clinical trial, nurses working in the pandemic hospital were randomly assigned to the control and intervention groups.

Description:

The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) epidemic increases the stress and anxiety level of nurses due to many factors. This study was conducted to determine the effect of web-based progressive relaxation exercises applied to nurses working in a pandemic hospital on perceived stress and anxiety. In this randomized controlled clinical trial, nurses working in the pandemic hospital were randomly assigned to the control and intervention groups. The Web-Based Relaxation Exercises Program was trained and implemented online for 4 weeks by a trainer for the intervention group.The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were completed online by participants in both groups before and after the intervention

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 64
• Est. completion date: March 13, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: February 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 55 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Those between the ages of 18-55

• Nurses working in the pandemic hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

• Nurses who did not agree to participate in the study

• Research Termination Criteria;

• Nurses who begin to receive support from a psychiatrist,

• Nurses who begin to use psychiatric medication,

• Nurses who are COVID positive,

• Moreover, the study was terminated with the nurses who wanted to leave the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Anxiety Disorders
• Stress

Intervention

Other:
• Progressive Relaxation Exercises
The trainer performed the PRE exercise online with the nurses. The video recording of the progressive relaxation exercises was shared with the nurses participating in the study on WhatsApp groups. Nurses were asked to perform the PRE application in accordance with the commands in the video recordings. In addition, a guide in which the steps of applying progressive relaxation exercises for each muscle group were written was given to the nurses. It was stated that they should do the application regularly for 25-30 minutes in the morning every day at home for a month. The PRE application was reminded daily from the WhatsApp group for the nurses to apply regularly to the sessions and not to disrupt the sessions. Nurses shared the messages stating that they were doing the PRE application on a daily basis for four weeks on WhatsApp groups.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Suleyman Demirel University	Merkez	Isparta

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ayse Aydinli

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (4)

Hacimusalar Y, Kahve AC, Yasar AB, Aydin MS. Anxiety and hopelessness levels in COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative study of healthcare professionals and other community sample in Turkey. J Psychiatr Res. 2020 Oct;129:181-188. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.07.024. Epub 2020 Jul 21. — View Citation

Hersch RK, Cook RF, Deitz DK, Kaplan S, Hughes D, Friesen MA, Vezina M. Reducing nurses' stress: A randomized controlled trial of a web-based stress management program for nurses. Appl Nurs Res. 2016 Nov;32:18-25. doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2016.04.003. Epub 2016 Apr 9. — View Citation

Kackin O, Ciydem E, Aci OS, Kutlu FY. Experiences and psychosocial problems of nurses caring for patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in Turkey: A qualitative study. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2021 Mar;67(2):158-167. doi: 10.1177/0020764020942788. Epub 2020 Jul 16. — View Citation

Labrague LJ, De Los Santos JAA. COVID-19 anxiety among front-line nurses: Predictive role of organisational support, personal resilience and social support. J Nurs Manag. 2020 Oct;28(7):1653-1661. doi: 10.1111/jonm.13121. Epub 2020 Aug 21. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Personal Information Form:	Socio-demographic characteristics of nurses such as age, gender, educational status, working time in the profession, professional characteristics such as the unit they worked before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, working time and working style, how their family life was affected in the COVID-19 pandemic, and contains information on their greatest concern regarding the pandemic.	baseline
Primary	The Perceived Stress Scale	It is a five-point Likert-type scale and consists of 14 items. Participants rate each item on a scale ranging from "Never (0)" to "Very often (4)". Seven of the items with positive statements are scored in reverse. As the scores obtained from the scale increase, the perceived stress level of the person increases. PSS-14 scores range from 0 to 56, with 0-35 point range indicating normal stress level, 35-56 point range indicating that the individual is under stress.	four weeks
Primary	State-Trait Anxiety Inventory	The 4-point Likert-type State Anxiety Inventory, consisting of 20 items in total, measures a person's anxiety at a certain time. According to the severity of the feelings, thoughts or behaviors expressed by the items in the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, it is required to choose one of the options "not at all," "a little," "a lot," and "totally". There are 10 (items 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 19 and 20) reversed statements in the STAI. While scoring the scale, the reversed statements with a weight of 1 were converted to 4, and those with a weight of 4 were converted to 1. In direct statements, answers with a value of 4 indicate high anxiety. In reversed expressions, answers with a value of 1 indicate high anxiety, and a value of 4 indicates low anxiety. The last value obtained was accepted as the individual's anxiety score. It is reported that the level of anxiety is high for scores above 42 points.	four weeks