Clinical trial NCT05087433: Perceived Stress and Anxiety Levels of Nurses
Official title: The Effect of Web-based Progressive Relaxation Exercises on Perceived Stress and Anxiety on Nurses Working in a Pandemic Hospital: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Stress
Anxiety
Keywords: Anxiety
Pandemics
Nurse
Stress
Lead sponsor: Suleyman Demirel University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-10-21
Enrollment: 64
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 55
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Randomized Controlled Trial
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: This study was conducted to determine the effect of web-based progressive relaxation exercises applied to nurses working in a pandemic hospital on perceived stress and anxiety. In this randomized controlled clinical trial, nurses working in the pandemic hospital were randomly assigned to the control and intervention groups.

Detailed description: The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) epidemic increases the stress and anxiety level of nurses due to many factors. This study was conducted to determine the effect of web-based progressive relaxation exercises applied to nurses working in a pandemic hospital on perceived stress and anxiety. In this randomized controlled clinical trial, nurses working in the pandemic hospital were randomly assigned to the control and intervention groups. The Web-Based Relaxation Exercises Program was trained and implemented online for 4 weeks by a trainer for the intervention group.The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were completed online by participants in both groups before and after the intervention

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Those between the ages of 18-55
* Nurses working in the pandemic hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

* Nurses who did not agree to participate in the study
* Research Termination Criteria;
* Nurses who begin to receive support from a psychiatrist,
* Nurses who begin to use psychiatric medication,
* Nurses who are COVID positive,
* Moreover, the study was terminated with the nurses who wanted to leave the study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Personal Information Form:
timeFrame: baseline
measure: The Perceived Stress Scale
timeFrame: four weeks
measure: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
timeFrame: four weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Merkez
country: Turkey
facility: Suleyman Demirel University
state: Isparta
Study officials:
affiliation: Yozgat Bozok University
name: Yurdagül Günaydın, Assist.Prof
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
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