Effects of Sleep Hygiene Education and Progressive Relaxation Exercise on Anxiety, Sleep Quality and Glycemic Control in Diabetic Patients

Summary

In diabetic patients, effective glycemic control is important in preventing complications, mortality and morbidity. The main purpose of DM treatment is to prevent neuropathic and vascular complications and to increase quality of life by keeping blood glucose levels and insulin activity within normal limits. It is stated that achieving the targeted glycemic control in diabetic patients reduces the risk of developing vascular complications in patients. In these patients, helping them reach the targeted glycemic level with lifestyle changes or medications is important in preventing the effects of diabetes on individual and community health. In effective DM monitoring and treatment, medical nutrition therapy (MNT), physical activity, drug therapy (OAD and insulin), DM education, patient self-monitoring and ensuring compliance with treatment are important. Although there have been significant developments in the field of treatment and follow-up today, there may be difficulties in achieving the targeted treatment goals in diabetic patients. This situation has led to the investigation of modifiable and non-modifiable factors affecting glycemic control in diabetic patients. Especially in Type 2 Diabetes, if these modifiable factors are diagnosed and managed early, effective management and control of diabetes can be achieved to a great extent. Especially psychological health and sleep health have become one of the new and mandatory modifiable risk factors for glycemic control in DM patients. Although it is known that diabetes is basically a disorder of the endocrine system, it has also been revealed that there is a relationship between psychosocial health and diabetes. Especially the presence of anxiety can cause an increase in blood glucose in diabetic patients, further worsening the patient's condition.Because emotional tension affects both neuroendocrine and hormonal pathways and indirectly the treatment and monitoring of diabetes, leading to blood sugar disorders. It is known that epinephrine secretion is stimulated by anxiety, which reduces the effect of insulin. Even in the simplest psychosocial stress and spiritual conflict, free fatty acids, cortisol and blood sugar increase. Therefore, stress and anxiety are considered important factors in patients whose blood sugar cannot be regulated despite medical treatment. In such cases, psychosocial evaluation should be made before increasing the insulin dose. In addition, studies in the literature show that in addition to the effect of anxiety on glycemic control, poor glycemic control also has an effect on the emergence of anxiety and a positive mutual relationship has been found between anxiety and glycemic control. Therefore, it was emphasized that anxiety and depression levels should be determined in order to consider diabetic patients as a whole. Sleep is a biological requirement and a physiologically active process. It repairs the body by giving strength to the mind and memory. Sleep quality is defined as the efficiency of sleep. Within the scope of sleep quality; sleep efficiency, number of sleep interruptions, total sleep duration, wakefulness duration, sleep transition time and spontaneous awakenings. Sleep, in addition to productivity and efficiency, positively affects cognitive functions such as memory and concentration, and contributes to physical and psychological renewal. Due to such positive effects, sleep is seen as an important variable affecting the individual's quality of life and well-being. Therefore, disruptions that may occur in sleep quality and sleep patterns cause problems such as inability to concentrate, anxiety, depression, increased sensitivity to pain, irritability, hallucinations, loss of appetite and difficulty in excretion, and directly affect the individual's daily life and general health. Therefore, it is important to take sleep health into consideration in order to ensure glycemic control in DM patients.

PURPOSE: This study will be conducted to examine the Effect of Sleep Hygiene Education and Progressive Relaxation Exercise on Sleep Quality, Anxiety and Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetic Patients.

Conditions

• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Interventions

OTHER

sleep hygiene education and progressive relaxation exercise

The study will be conducted with diabetic individuals who come to the endocrine clinic. The study will be conducted for 6 months. Intervention group Individuals who accept the study will be given face-to-face Progressive Relaxation Exercise training by the researcher in the first week of the first month of the study and will be applied. The Progressive Relaxation Exercise application will also be sent to the patient via WhatsApp and will be applied with the researcher via online interviews in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th weeks for 30 minutes 3 days a week (Monday-Wednesday-Friday). From the 2nd month of the study to the end of the 6th month, the patient will be asked to do the Progressive Relaxation Exercise on their own for 30 minutes 3 days a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday). No intervention will be made to the control group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Gazi University

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

64 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-07-01

Primary Completion

2026-04-15

Completion

2026-05-15

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations