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Progressive Relaxation Exercises and Sleep, Anxiety and Stress in Risky Pregnants

NCT05508542 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2026-01-16

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Summary

This study was planned as a randomized controlled quasi-experimental study to determine the effect of progressive relaxation exercises on sleep quality, anxiety and stress levels in risky pregnant women. "Personal Information Form", "Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PUKI)" to measure the sleep quality of pregnant women, "Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale" to determine the anxiety levels of pregnants, "Pregnancy Stress Scale" to determine the perceived stress level of pregnants, which were created by the researchers in the direction of the literature in data collection. Evaluation Scale".The universe of the research, T.C. It will consist of pregnant women who are hospitalized with the diagnosis of risky pregnancy in the Ministry of Health Adana City Training and Research Hospital Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinics. The sample size was determined as 15 patients to compare the means between the two groups. With an expected dropout rate of 10% and to ensure the adequacy of the final sample size, 17 patients were selected per group.Relaxation exercises are easy to apply, economical, safe and effective non-pharmacological applications that can be used independently by nurses and midwives. By ensuring the management of risky pregnancies, it will support the protection and development of public health by ensuring the protection of both women and fetus health.

Conditions

  • Health Care Seeking Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Progressive relaxation exercises

Personal information form, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PUKI), Prenatal Anxiety Screening Scale and Pregnancy Stress Rating Scale will be applied to the pregnant women at the first interview. Afterwards, the researcher will first give training on progressive relaxation exercises to the patient in the patient's room. Afterwards, the Relaxation Exercises CD will be played and the exercises will be performed with the patient along with the CD. A relaxation exercise program will be installed on the patients' phones via the Whatsapp application. It is planned that the trainings will be applied to the patients one-to-one and will last an average of 40-45 minutes for each patient.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cukurova University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Zehra ÇERÇER, PhD · Cukurova University

  • Evşen NAZİK, Prof. Dr. · Cukurova University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
49 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-08-18
Primary Completion
2023-11-21
Completion
2023-12-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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