Progressive Relaxation Exercise Applied to Palliative Caregivers on Coping With Stress,Anxiety

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Palliative Care
• Interventions: Behavioral: Progressive Relaxation Exercise

• Registration Number: NCT04880941
• Lead Sponsor: Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University

Brief Summary

It is important to consider the needs of palliative care caregivers and to plan interventions for psychosocial problems.

Detailed Description

Cognitive-behavioral methods, which may be applied as relaxation aids in controlling the anxiety levels.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-04-30
• Study First Submitted: 2021-05-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-05-10
• Study First Posted: 2021-05-11
• Primary Completion: 2021-06-10
• Study Completion: 2021-06-30
• Status Verified: 2021-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-07-16
• Last Update Posted: 2021-07-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• To be able to communicate adequately
• Not having psychiatric problems
• Volunteering to participate in research
• Caregivers whose patients will be in bed for at least 4 weeks

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Progressive Relaxation Exercise	Progressive Relaxation Exercise	The Progressive Relaxation Exercise will be held 7 days for 4 weeks, a total of twenty eight sessions. Each session is set as fifty minutes

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Coping With Stress in Palliative Caregivers	4 week	Stress Coping Styles Scale-The minimum score to be obtained from the scale is 30, and the maximum score is 120. The high scores indicate that the person copes effectively with stress.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety in Palliative Caregivers	4 week	The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is a commonly used measure of trait and state anxiety (Spielberger, Gorsuch, Lushene, Vagg, \& Jacobs, 1983). It can be used in clinical settings to diagnose anxiety. It also is often used in research as an indicator of caregiver distress. Form Y, its most popular version, has 20 items for assessing trait anxiety and 20 for state anxiety. State anxiety items include: "I am tense; I am worried" and "I feel calm; I feel secure." Trait anxiety items include: "I worry too much over something that really doesn't matter" and "I am content; I am a steady person." All items are rated on a 4-point scale (e.g., from "Almost Never" to "Almost Always"). Higher scores indicate greater anxiety.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Istanbul Sabahattin Zain Universitiy; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, State, Turkey