Clinical trial NCT06980558: Effect of Progressive Muscle Exercises on Sleep in Urological Surgery
Official title: Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercises on Sleep Quality in Patients Undergoing Urological Surgery
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Surgery
Sleep Quality
Sleep
Keywords: urological Surgery
sleep quality
Lead sponsor: Atlas University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-05-20
Enrollment: 2
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 70
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Patients undergoing urological surgery are usually elderly individuals and may experience sleep problems due to factors such as fear of death, anesthesia, and uncertainty. Insomnia can also cause problems such as delayed wound healing, increased pain, tension, and difficulty complying with treatment. This study aimed to improve sleep quality by performing gradual muscle exercises on patients undergoing urological surgery.

Detailed description: Urological surgery is a type of surgery that is usually performed on elderly individuals and can cause serious sleep problems in the pre- and post-operative period. While these patients experience sleep problems due to factors such as fear of death and uncertainty about anesthesia before surgery, significant decreases in sleep quality are observed after surgery due to reasons such as pain, anxiety and hospitalization. This sleeplessness can lead to many negative consequences such as delayed wound healing, increased pain, tension and difficulty in compliance with treatment. Sleep disorders also increase patients' stress and reduce their resistance. Progressive relaxation exercises (PGE) are a method that provides relaxation throughout the body by tensing and then relaxing all muscle groups in the body. This method is used as an effective nursing intervention, especially in the management of diseases and symptoms. This study aims to evaluate the effects of progressive relaxation exercises on sleep quality in patients undergoing urological surgery.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* • Patients must be over 18 and under 70 years old,

  * Patients must not have any visual or auditory problems that would prevent them from expressing their sleep status correctly and understanding the information provided,
  * Not have benefited from techniques such as meditation, hypnosis, yoga for up to 6 months before the study,
  * Not have a neurological or psychiatric disease,
  * Not have a sleep apnea syndrome/not have a sleep disorder diagnosis or are not receiving medical treatment for this purpose,
  * Patients must not have developed any complications within three days before, during, and after surgery,

Exclusion Criteria:

* • Those with serious cognitive disorders

  * Those with severe psychiatric disorders

Primary outcomes:
measure: Richard's Campbell sleep scale
timeFrame: 1 hour before surgery
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Richard's Campbell sleep scale
timeFrame: the night before surgery
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Atlas University
Study officials:
affiliation: Fenerbahçe University
name: naile akıncı, Dr.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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