The effect of Benson’s relaxation technique on sleep quality of Shift-working Nurses
- Conditions
- sleep disorder.Other sleep disorders not due to a substance or known physiological condition
- Registration Number
- IRCT20180306038981N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Having an age of 23 years and older
Have at least one year of work experience
Have at least a bachelor's degree in nursing
Shifts working
In the past year, they have an average of over 4 nights a month
Lack of physical illnesses (cardiovascular, asthma and epilepsy) and psychiatry
No smoking
Do not use regular sleep medications
Not having a second job who needs a night job
Not having a child under two years
Unwillingness to continue participating in the study
Failure to perform the technique within 4 consecutive days
Change the work place and transfer to other hospitals
Change the type of work shift
Need to take sleep medications on a regular basis during the study
The occurrence of a severe stressful event that causes sleep disturbance
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sleep quality. Timepoint: Before the intervention and one month after the intervention. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sleep quality score. Timepoint: One month after the intervention. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire.