Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise on Intensive Care Nurses

NCT ID: NCT05056571

Last Updated: 2021-09-24

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 100 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-09-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-09-01

Brief Summary

Nurses who intensive care unit will be entered. Participants will be randomized to one of two study arms:

Arm 1: Progressive muscle relaxation; Arm 2: control. Hypothesis: Progressive muscle relaxation will decrease occupational stress, headache and improve well-being.

Detailed Description

Previous reports have revealed that non-pharmacological approaches such as aromatherapy, massage, meditation, music therapy, breathing exercises, yoga and progressive muscle relaxation exercises (PGE) have been used to reduce stress and fatigue of individuals and improve their well-being.

However, there have been limited studies that directly focus on supporting intensive care nurses who face serious problems with intense work tempo, experience excessive stress, headache, tension, fatigue, are open to psychosocial problems such as anxiety, depression and burnout.

Besides, till date, no study has been conducted to determine the effects of progressive relaxation exercise on occupational stress, headache and well-being for intensive care nurses.

The present study investigates the effects of progressive muscle relaxation in a single-site, 2-arm, assessor-blinded randomized, controlled study of 100 intensive care nurses.

Arm 1: relaxation; Arm 2: Attention matched control. The investigators hypothesize that progressive muscle relaxation will decrease the severity of occupational stress and headache and improve well-being.

Conditions

Occupational Stress

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Relaxation exercise

Intensive care nurses will apply 20 minutes of online (zoom meeting) progressive muscle relaxation exercise twice a week, for 8 weeks, for a total of 16 group sessions. In order to support nurses' adaptation to the research, the group counselor will remind the nurses by phone twice a week during the implementation process, and their regular participation in online sessions will be supported.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Progressive muscle relaxation

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Progressive muscle relaxation exercise is a type of exercise in which tense muscles in your body gradually relax and relax. It is an application that allows you to forcefully stretch every muscle group in your body, hold it tight for 5 seconds, and then relax it. Visualize your tense muscles throughout this exercise and imagine that the feeling of relaxation spreads to all your muscles in the form of a wave and the tension is relieved. Keep breathing throughout the entire exercise.

Control

No attempt will be made during the research.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Progressive muscle relaxation

Progressive muscle relaxation exercise is a type of exercise in which tense muscles in your body gradually relax and relax. It is an application that allows you to forcefully stretch every muscle group in your body, hold it tight for 5 seconds, and then relax it. Visualize your tense muscles throughout this exercise and imagine that the feeling of relaxation spreads to all your muscles in the form of a wave and the tension is relieved. Keep breathing throughout the entire exercise.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Working in cardiovascular intensive care for at least 6 months
• Having a headache at least once a week
• No physical disability
• Those who do not have a neurological diagnosis (having cerebrovascular disease, multiple sclerosis, etc.)
• No psychiatric diagnosis
• Not applying any complementary methods at the time the research was conducted.
• Nurses who volunteered to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Nurses followed up with the diagnosis of end-stage renal disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, advanced heart failure, chronic liver disease, musculoskeletal problem, hypothyroidism and depression
• Having physical and mental health problems that prevent communication
• Nurses who practiced any complementary method (relaxation exercise, yoga, etc.) during the study.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Ankara City Hospital Bilkent

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Hacettepe University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Merve Gulbahar

Research Asisstant

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Zehra G Metin, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hacettepe University Faculty of Nursing

Locations

Ankara City Hospital Cardiovascular Hospital

Ankara, Cankaya, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

Bulent Güngörer, Dr.

Role: CONTACT

ankarasehir@saglik.gov.tr

+09 312 552 60 00

Facility Contacts

Bülent Güngörer, Dr.

Role: primary

ankarasehir@saglik.gov.tr

+09 312 552 60 00

Other Identifiers

E2-21-814

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id