The Effect of 4-7-8 Breathing Exercise Training on Sleep Quality

Nursing Students Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of 4-7-8 Breathing Exercise Training Given to Nursing Students on Sleep Quality: A Randomized-controlled Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06103344
• Other study ID #: Kilis7AralikU-02
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 4, 2023
• Est. completion date: February 6, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: Kilis 7 Aralik University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Research; it will be carried out Kilis 7 Aralik University Yusuf Serefoglu Health Sciences Faculty, Department of Nursing. The training will take approximately 20 minutes in an empty classroom and will be planned when the students' classes finish. Thus, educational activities in the institution will not be disrupted. Participants will be asked to do the taught exercise in half an hour before going to sleep every evening during the research period (4 weeks). Training will begin when the determined number of samples is reached. The training will be terminated when the 4-week research period determined to see the effect of the application expires.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 82
• Est. completion date: February 6, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: January 17, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Volunteer
• Studying in a nursing undergraduate program
• There is no condition that prevents nasal breathing (such as septal deviation)
• No known chronic sleeping disorder

Exclusion Criteria:

• No studying in a nursing undergraduate program
• There is condition that prevents nasal breathing (such as septal deviation)
• Having any chronic sleeping disorder

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Nursing Students

Intervention

Behavioral:
• 4-7-8 Breathing Exercise Training
Participants in the intervention group will be taught 4-7-8 breathing exercises collectively, and the training will be repeated on specified days (twice a week for a total of 4 weeks). During the training, it will be checked whether each participant in the intervention group can perform the breathing exercise correctly and feedback will be given. Participants who fail to implement the exercise will be excluded from the study. 4-7-8 breathing exercise training, prepared in accordance with the literature, will be given by the assistant researcher who has training and certification in breathing exercises. Training will be planned in an empty classroom, for approximately 20 minutes and at the students' end time. Thus, educational activities in the institution will not be disrupted.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Kilis 7 Aralik University	Kilis	Center

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ugur Dogan

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index	Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index evaluates sleep quality in the last month, contains a total of 24 questions.	This measurement will be repeated at the beginning of the study and at the end of the 4th week.