Combined Effects Of Progressive Relaxation Techniques Along With Benson Relaxation Techniques
NCT Number: NCT06460649
Status: RECRUITING
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Phases: NA
Conditions: Postpartum Disorder
Interventions: OTHER: Progressive relaxation techniques|OTHER: Benson relaxation techniques
Sponsor: Riphah International University
Sex: FEMALE
Age: ADULT
Enrollment: 54
Study Design: Allocation: RANDOMIZED|Intervention Model: PARALLEL|Masking: SINGLE (OUTCOMES_ASSESSOR)|Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
Start Date: 2023-12-10
Completion Date: 2024-07-10
Locations: Jinnah Hospital Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, 54000, Pakistan

Summary:
The postpartum (or postnatal) period begins after childbirth and is typically considered to last for six weeks. Stress is considered a response to any stressor within external or internal milieu, to stay in an adaptive mode using functional or dysfunctional coping skills. It initiates an alterable mode that ultimately becomes a prolonged adaptive struggle The study will be a randomized controlled trial and will be conducted in Jinnah hospital, Lahore. This study will be completed in a time duration of 8 months after the approval of synopsis. Nonprobability convenience sampling technique will be used, and participants will be recruited in study after randomization. The subjects will be divided into two groups and group A will receive progressive relaxation technique along with Benson relaxing technique. and group B will receive progressive relaxation technique and deep breathing exercises will be used as a baseline treatment. The tools that will be used for pre and post treatment assessment are Postpartum fatigue scale (PFS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS_10), WHOQOL-BREF Scale. The data will be assessed after 12 weeks. After data collection data will be analyzed by using SPSS version 25.

Primary Outcome Measures: Postpartum fatigue scale, Postpartum fatigue scale four-point scale to respond to the PFS questionnaire, which included-physical stress, mental stress, sleep deprivation, exploratory factor analysis, it was determined that PAFS consisted of 13 items, 6 items in the "Physical Fatigue" subdimension, 4 items in the "Emotional" subdimension, and 3 items in the "Cognitive" subdimension. The three-factor scale structure supported confirmatory factor analysis. On the total scale, Cronbach's α was found to be 0.91.(24), 12 weeks|Perceived stress scale, The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) is a classic stress assessment instrument. The tool, while originally developed in 1983,. The questions in this scale ask about your feelings and thoughts during the last month.. The best approach is to answer fairly quickly. That is, don't try to count up the number of times you felt a particular way; rather indicate the alternative that seems like a reasonable estimate Figuring Your PSS Score You can determine your PSS score by following these directions: • First, reverse your scores for questions 4, 5, 7, and 8.

On these 4 questions, change the scores like this: 0 = 4, 1 = 3, 2 = 2, 3 = 1, 4 = 0., 12 weeks|WHOQOL-BREF Scale, The World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF) is an abbreviated, 26-item version of the 100-item WHOQOL-100 quality of life measure. The

The WHOQOL-BREF is a 26-item instrument consisting of four domains: physical health (7 items), psychological health (6 items), social relationships (3 items), and environmental health (8 items);. Each individual item of the WHOQOL-BREF is scored from 1 to 5 on a response scale, which is stipulated as a five-point ordinal scale. The scores are then transformed linearly to a 0-100-scale . The physical health domain includes items on mobility, daily activities, functional capacity, energy, pain, and sleep. the 8-item the reliability of the WHOQOL-5 was below the acceptable threshold (PSI = 0.66). Reliability of the EUROHIS-QOL-8 was satisfactory (PSI = 0.79)(24), 12 weeks