The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercises Applied to Patients With Epilepsy
Condition: Epilepsy
MeSH terms: Epilepsy
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      Epilepsy; It is a disease characterized by sudden, repetitive, epileptic seizures that are
      not triggered by an identifiable event and occur as a result of abnormal and excessive
      electrical discharge in cortical neurons from ancient times to the present. It is known that
      epilepsy has important social and psychological effects. Seizure recurrence and fear of
      social exclusion are life-threatening factors for epilepsy patients. These difficulties
      negatively affect the quality of life of patients by causing high levels of anxiety,
      depression, sleep disorders and low self-esteem. Many positive effects of progressive
      relaxation exercises on anxiety, depression, sleep and quality of life have been observed.
      The aim of this study is to examine the effects of progressive relaxation exercises applied
      to epilepsy patients on depression, sleep and quality of life.

      This study, which was planned as an experimental study with a pretest-posttest control group,
      will be carried out by randomly dividing 60 patients diagnosed with epilepsy, who applied to
      the Neurology Outpatient Clinic and Clinic of Fırat University Hospital, between September
      2021 and June 2022, into 2 groups as intervention and control groups. Written consent will be
      obtained from the patients who agreed to participate in the study at the beginning of the
      study, and the study will begin. Before any intervention is made in the intervention group
      and control group, a pre-test will be performed using the Patient Information Form, Beck
      Depression Scale, Pitssburg Sleep Quality Index, and Quality of Life Scale (QOLIE 31) to
      evaluate depression, sleep and quality of life of these patients. The intervention group will
      be given progressive relaxation exercises 3 times a week for 4 weeks and the control group
      will not make any interventions. With the posttest, both the intervention and control groups
      will be filled with the Patient Information FormBeck Depression Scale, Pitssburg Sleep
      Quality and Quality of Life Scale (QOLIE 31) and depression, sleep and quality of life will
      be evaluated. Finally, it will be checked whether there is a significant difference between
      the pretest and the posttest.
    

Detailed description: 
      epilepsy ; It is a condition characterized by sudden, repetitive, epileptic seizures that are
      not triggered by an identifiable event, resulting from abnormal and excessive electrical
      discharge in cortical neurons from ancient times to the present. In other words, epilepsy is
      one of the most common and chronic serious neurological diseases that require significant
      behavioral and psychosocial adjustments, for which a high quality of life is aimed by keeping
      seizures under control. In the study conducted by Rousseau et al. on 8 epileptic subjects, it
      was observed that the progressive relaxation exercises they applied decreased the frequency
      of seizures and increased the sense of well-being. It was found that it caused significant
      decreases in the level of depression. There is no study in the literature examining the
      Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercises Applied to Epilepsy Patients on Depression, Sleep
      and Quality of Life. For this reason, it was aimed to examine the effects of progressive
      relaxation exercises applied to epilepsy patients on depression, sleep and quality of life by
      conducting an experimental study with a pretest-posttest control group.
    

Intervention name(s): progressive relaxation exercises
Intervention type(s): Other
Intervention description(s): progressive relaxation exercises will do
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Investigator)
Primary purpose: Supportive Care
Keywords: Epilepsy; depression; progressive relaxation exercises; sleep quality of life