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The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercises on the Sleep Quality of Nursing Students

NCT06814613 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 86

Last updated 2025-02-07

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Summary

Aim: The study aims to examine the effect of progressive relaxation exercises administered to nursing students via telenursing on sleep quality after the February 6 earthquake in Turkey.

Materials and Methods: The study was conducted as a randomized controlled study. The study population consisted of first-, second-, and third-year nursing students enrolled in the nursing departments of two universities located in eastern Turkey, who were residing in one of the 11 cities affected by the earthquake during the February 6 Turkey earthquake. The sample included 86 students (40 experimental, 46 control). While the control group received no intervention, the experimental group received progressive relaxation exercises for 20 minutes every night for 4 weeks, 1 hour before the routine bedtime (or the time they planned to go to sleep) by making a video call (via Google Meet application) with the student. Data were collected using a personal information form and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale. Descriptive statistical methods (frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation), independent groups t-test, and paired t-test were used to evaluate the data.

Conclusion: The research results can showed that progressive relaxation exercises could be an effective intervention in improving sleep quality after an earthquake. Additionally, conducting these exercises via telenursing could contribute significantly to the sustainability and control of the intervention.

Conditions

  • University Students

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise

For the next 4 weeks, every night, 1 hour before the routine bedtime (or the time when the student planned to sleep), a video call (via the Google Meet application) was made with the student, and progressive relaxation exercises were performed. The exercise took approximately 20 minutes and followed the implementation protocol (Davis et al., 2008; Payne, 2000). Group interviews were conducted for students with similar sleep hours. They were asked to move to a ventilated room away from noise so that the exercises could be practiced comfortably and not interrupted.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Inonu University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-12-01
Primary Completion
2024-02-15
Completion
2024-03-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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