The Effect of Relaxation and Breathing Exercise on Post-Earthquake Stress Related Symptoms
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 46
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Beck Anxiety (BAI)
研究概览
简要总结
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of relaxation and breathing exercises on individuals experiencing post-earthquake stress-related symptoms.
详细描述
Earthquakes negatively affect survivors both physically and psychologically. Early psychological symptoms after disasters are considered normal responses to an abnormal event. Therefore, it is not unexpected to feel very intense negative emotions after such traumas. However, the chronicity of these negative emotions puts the lives of individuals at risk. Mental problems such as stress, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder and anxiety are seen at high levels among earthquake survivors. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the effect of relaxation and breathing exercises applied to earthquake survivors who experienced post-earthquake stress-related symptoms.
There are two gropus: relaxing exercise group and control group. Relaxing and breathing exercise protocol is only for relaxing exercise group. A protocol consisting of 40 minutes of progressive muscle relaxation exercise and breathing exercises, 3 times a week for 4 weeks, was planned. Control group participants were asked to continue their daily lives. Evaluations were made before and 4 weeks after the intervention and stress-related symptoms were measured.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 25 Years 至 60 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Individuals with a Beck anxiety inventory score greater than 8 and anxiety experience for more than 1 month
- •Individuals who experienced the earthquake of February 6, 2023 Kahramanmaraş / Türkiye and agreed to participate in the study
- •Individuals without cognitive impairment
- •Individuals who can understand and apply verbal commands in Turkish
排除标准
- •Any history of psychiatric medication support for the last 6 months
- •Any history of psychological problems before the earthquake
结局指标
主要结局
Beck Anxiety (BAI)
时间窗: four weeks
Beck Anxiety Inventory is a brief measure of anxiety with a focus on somatic symptoms of anxiety that was developed as a measure adept at discriminating between anxiety and depression. It is a self-report scale consisting of 21 items. Respondents indicate how much they have been bothered by each symptom over the past week. Responses are rated on a 4-point Likert scale and range from 0 (not at all) to 3 (severely). The total score ranges from 0-63. The following guidelines are recommended for the interpretation of scores: 0-9, normal or no anxiety; 10-18, mild to moderate anxiety; 19-29, moderate to severe anxiety; and 30-63, severe anxiety.
次要结局
- Perceived Stress Scale -10(four weeks)
- Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(four weeks)
- SF-12(four weeks)
- Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)(four weeks)
- The Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale (PDS)(four weeks)
研究者
sabiha sancaktar
Research Assistant
Istanbul Medipol University Hospital