Effect of Progressive Muscle Exercises on Sleep in Urological Surgery

NCT ID: NCT06980558

Last Updated: 2025-05-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 2 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-05-01
• Study Completion Date: 2025-06-30

Brief Summary

Patients undergoing urological surgery are usually elderly individuals and may experience sleep problems due to factors such as fear of death, anesthesia, and uncertainty. Insomnia can also cause problems such as delayed wound healing, increased pain, tension, and difficulty complying with treatment. This study aimed to improve sleep quality by performing gradual muscle exercises on patients undergoing urological surgery.

Detailed Description

Urological surgery is a type of surgery that is usually performed on elderly individuals and can cause serious sleep problems in the pre- and post-operative period. While these patients experience sleep problems due to factors such as fear of death and uncertainty about anesthesia before surgery, significant decreases in sleep quality are observed after surgery due to reasons such as pain, anxiety and hospitalization. This sleeplessness can lead to many negative consequences such as delayed wound healing, increased pain, tension and difficulty in compliance with treatment. Sleep disorders also increase patients' stress and reduce their resistance. Progressive relaxation exercises (PGE) are a method that provides relaxation throughout the body by tensing and then relaxing all muscle groups in the body. This method is used as an effective nursing intervention, especially in the management of diseases and symptoms. This study aims to evaluate the effects of progressive relaxation exercises on sleep quality in patients undergoing urological surgery.

Conditions

Surgery; Sleep Quality; Sleep

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Exercise group

The individual will be given a position where communication can be easily established and where he/she feels comfortable. The content of the progressive relaxation exercise (PGE) will be explained to the patient. The 30-minute PGE application will be provided with verbal warnings.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Progressive relaxation exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

Sit or lie down comfortably and close your eyes.

• Feel the rhythm of your breathing.
• Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth throughout the process.
• Relax as much as you can.
• Get rid of negative thoughts in your mind.
• Stretch your hands by hanging your arms down to your sides, tighten your fists as much as you can and then open them and let them relax.

Control group

Patients will receive routine nursing care in the ward.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Progressive relaxation exercises

Sit or lie down comfortably and close your eyes.

• Feel the rhythm of your breathing.
• Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth throughout the process.
• Relax as much as you can.
• Get rid of negative thoughts in your mind.
• Stretch your hands by hanging your arms down to your sides, tighten your fists as much as you can and then open them and let them relax.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• • Patients must be over 18 and under 70 years old,

• Patients must not have any visual or auditory problems that would prevent them from expressing their sleep status correctly and understanding the information provided,
• Not have benefited from techniques such as meditation, hypnosis, yoga for up to 6 months before the study,
• Not have a neurological or psychiatric disease,
• Not have a sleep apnea syndrome/not have a sleep disorder diagnosis or are not receiving medical treatment for this purpose,
• Patients must not have developed any complications within three days before, during, and after surgery,

Exclusion Criteria

• • Those with serious cognitive disorders

• Those with severe psychiatric disorders

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 70 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Atlas University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Cagla Toprak

Dr

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

naile akıncı, Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Fenerbahçe University

Locations

Atlas University

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

cagla toprak, Dr.

Role: CONTACT

cagla.toprak@atlas.edu.tr

532 799 78 14

Other Identifiers

05/01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id