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

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

75 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-04-01

Study Completion Date

2022-04-29

Brief Summary

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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.

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Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Intensive Care Nurse Fatigue

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Randomized controlled

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

There was no blinding due to the nature of the progressive relaxation exercise.

Study Groups

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Intervention Group

During the first interview, the nurses in the intervention group were informed about PGE in a convenient and quiet room within the hospital, face-to-face and face-to-face. Afterwards, the researcher 15 minutes of application was made with the accompaniment. In order for the participants to practice at home, a voice recording containing the PGE steps voiced by the researcher in his own voice was sent to the nurses' phones. Nurses were asked to perform the PGE exercise by listening to the audio recording file for 15 minutes once a day for 4 weeks. In addition, daily reminders were made by creating a group over the WhatsApp application in order to prevent it from being forgotten. They were asked to provide feedback on their compliance with the program. At the beginning of the study, at the beginning of the study, at the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th weeks (at the end of the application), the 'Fatigue Severity Scale' was administered again through face-to-face interviews.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Progressive relaxation exercise

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

It consists of sessions involving deep breathing and stretching and relaxing the body.

Control group

No intervention was made to the nurses in the control group. In the second and fourth weeks of the study, the "Fatigue Severity Scale" will be applied again through face-to-face interviews. At the end of the study, nurses will be informed about PGE and a voice recording will be sent to their phones from the WhatsApp application, containing the PGE steps, which the researcher voiced with her voice.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Progressive relaxation exercise

It consists of sessions involving deep breathing and stretching and relaxing the body.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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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

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes