Clinical trial NCT05435664: The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercise on Fatigue in Intensive Care Nurses
Official title: The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercise on Fatigue in Intensive Care Nurses
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Intensive Care Nurse
Fatigue
Keywords: Fatigue
Intensive Care Nursing
Progressive Relaxation Exercises
Lead sponsor: Mustafa Kemal University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-06-28
Enrollment: 75
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Randomized controlled
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: This study was planned as a randomized controlled experiment. It was aimed to examine the effect of progressive relaxation exercises applied to intensive care nurses on fatigue. The sociodemographic information of the participants will be collected with the 'Personal Information Form' and their fatigue levels with the 'Fatigue Severity Scale'. SPSS 22.0 package program will be used in the analysis of the data. p\<0.05 will be considered significant.

Detailed description: Intensive care nurses experience high levels of fatigue due to the physically and mentally demanding tasks they undertake. For example; Conditions such as prolonged seizures, difficulty sleeping, and heavy workload trigger this fatigue. One of the non-pharmacological interventions used in the management of fatigue experienced by intensive care nurses is progressive relaxation exercise (PGE). PGE involves voluntary, continuous and systematic stretching and subsequent relaxation of various muscle groups and was first described by Jacobson in 1938. The purpose of PGE is to focus attention on skeletal muscles and relax the whole body. While doing the exercise, the individual feels the difference between tension and relaxation in the muscles. Thus, when needed, it learns to relax in order to reduce the tension in the muscles. In the literature, it has been shown that PGE reduces the severity of fatigue caused by different chronic diseases. In this context, in this study, it is aimed to examine the effect of progressive relaxation exercise applied to intensive care nurses on fatigue and to contribute to the literature and to the fatigue management of nurses in line with the results obtained.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Working for at least 6 months
* Having a Fatigue Severity Scale score of 2.8 and above
* Volunteer to participate in research

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having a problem that prevents breathing through the nose
* Having a diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or Asthma
* Being pregnant
* Having physical and mental health problems that prevent communication
* Practicing any complementary method (relaxation exercise, yoga, etc.) during the study
* Informed about the research but willing to participate in the research

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in fatigue
timeFrame: At the beginning of the study, at weeks 1, 2, 3 and 4
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hatay
country: Turkey
facility: Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Hospital
Study officials:
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