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

NCT ID: NCT06103344

Last Updated: 2024-04-25

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 82 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-12-04
• Study Completion Date: 2024-02-06

Brief 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.

Conditions

Nursing Students

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Intervention

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

4-7-8 Breathing Exercise Training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

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.

Control

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Uğur Doğan

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Uğur Doğan

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Uğur Doğan, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Kilis 7 Aralik University

Locations

Kilis 7 Aralık University

Kilis, Center, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

Kilis7AralikU-02

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id