Clinical trial NCT06095869: Progressive Relaxation Exercises,Breastfeeding
Official title: Ege University Faculty of Health Sciences Midwifery Department
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Progressive Relaxation Exercises
Lead sponsor: Ege University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-10-23
Enrollment: 114
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: OBJECTIVE: The research was conducted to examine the effects of progressive relaxation exercises on mothers' breastfeeding status, self-efficacy and maternal attachment level.

Detailed description: may 2022 and November 2022. The sample of the study consisted of 114 mothers who were breastfeeding in the postpartum period. In the study, 38 breastfeeding mothers were included in the PGE, GFM and control groups. Breastfeeding mothers in the PGE group were given a PGE application 3 days a week before going to bed and for 4 weeks, accompanied by a training CD prepared by the Turkish Psychological Association, under the supervision of the researcher. On the other hand, the breastfeeding mothers in the GFM group were listened to the relaxation background music included in the Progressive Relaxation Exercise CD 3 days a week before going to bed and for 4 weeks. Mothers in the control group received routine care practices applied in the clinic. The mothers in the control group did not receive any intervention and only measurement tools were applied. 'Personal Information Form', 'Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale' and 'Maternal Attachment Scale', 'Visual Analog Scale', 'Breastfeeding Classification' were used to collect data. Standard Deviation, Mean, Frequency and Chi-square tests were used to evaluate the data. Analysis of variance was used for repetitive measurements for the evaluation of breastfeeding self-efficacy and maternal attachment level within the group, and one-way analysis of variance was used for the evaluation between groups.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:Mothers over the age of 18,

* At least primary school graduate, able to read and understand Turkish,
* Has a phone and internet
* Has an only and healthy baby,
* Does not have a condition that prevents him from doing PGE,
* The baby was born between 2500-4000 g,
* Those who live within the provincial borders of Uşak,
* No hearing problem,
* Mothers of babies who do not have sucking problems (cleft palate-lip, frenilium, galactosemia, prematurity),
* Mothers who do not have any health problems affecting breastfeeding (mastitis, breast abscess, nipple crack, candida albicans, flat and sunken nipples, Wilson's disease in the mother, an active disease of the mother that prevents breastfeeding, and drug use),
* Mothers without musculoskeletal disorders, The mothers who volunteered to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Practicing relaxation exercises before
* Mothers using chronic opioids, antidepressants and psychoactive drugs.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in breastfeeding self-efficacy score averages change in breastfeeding self-efficacy scores
timeFrame: in the first two weeks postpartum, in the 1st and 2nd months after birth
Secondary outcomes:
measure: change in maternal attachment score averages
timeFrame: postpartum 1st month and 2nd months after birth
Other outcomes:
measure: change in breastfeeding status
timeFrame: in the first two weeks postpartum, in the 1st and 2nd months after birth
measure: satisfaction rating
timeFrame: postpartum 4th month
Locations:
city: Izmir
country: Turkey
facility: Ege University Faculty of Health Sciences Midwifery Department
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