Progressive Relaxation Exercise Applied to Palliative Caregivers on Coping With Stress,Anxiety

The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercise Applied to Palliative Caregivers on Coping With Stress and Anxiety Variables

It is important to consider the needs of palliative care caregivers and to plan interventions for psychosocial problems.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Palliative Care
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Progressive Relaxation Exercise

Detailed Description

Cognitive-behavioral methods, which may be applied as relaxation aids in controlling the anxiety levels.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • State
    • Istanbul, State, Turkey, 34303
      • Istanbul Sabahattin Zain Universitiy

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• To be able to communicate adequately
• Not having psychiatric problems
• Volunteering to participate in research
• Caregivers whose patients will be in bed for at least 4 weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control group; Routine maintenance will be applied
Experimental: Progressive Relaxation Exercise; The Progressive Relaxation Exercise will be held 7 days for 4 weeks, a total of twenty eight sessions. Each session is set as fifty minutes	Behavioral: Progressive Relaxation Exercise; In the progressive relaxation technique, the tension and anxiety in skeletal muscles are relatively relieved.; Other Names: Control group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Coping With Stress in Palliative Caregivers	Stress Coping Styles Scale-The minimum score to be obtained from the scale is 30, and the maximum score is 120. The high scores indicate that the person copes effectively with stress.	1 week
Coping With Stress in Palliative Caregivers	Stress Coping Styles Scale-The minimum score to be obtained from the scale is 30, and the maximum score is 120. The high scores indicate that the person copes effectively with stress.	4 week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Anxiety in Palliative Caregivers	The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is a commonly used measure of trait and state anxiety (Spielberger, Gorsuch, Lushene, Vagg, & Jacobs, 1983). It can be used in clinical settings to diagnose anxiety. It also is often used in research as an indicator of caregiver distress. Form Y, its most popular version, has 20 items for assessing trait anxiety and 20 for state anxiety. State anxiety items include: "I am tense; I am worried" and "I feel calm; I feel secure." Trait anxiety items include: "I worry too much over something that really doesn't matter" and "I am content; I am a steady person." All items are rated on a 4-point scale (e.g., from "Almost Never" to "Almost Always"). Higher scores indicate greater anxiety.	1 week
Anxiety in Palliative Caregivers	The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is a commonly used measure of trait and state anxiety (Spielberger, Gorsuch, Lushene, Vagg, & Jacobs, 1983). It can be used in clinical settings to diagnose anxiety. It also is often used in research as an indicator of caregiver distress. Form Y, its most popular version, has 20 items for assessing trait anxiety and 20 for state anxiety. State anxiety items include: "I am tense; I am worried" and "I feel calm; I feel secure." Trait anxiety items include: "I worry too much over something that really doesn't matter" and "I am content; I am a steady person." All items are rated on a 4-point scale (e.g., from "Almost Never" to "Almost Always"). Higher scores indicate greater anxiety.	4 week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Tsitsi T, Charalambous A, Papastavrou E, Raftopoulos V. Effectiveness of a relaxation intervention (progressive muscle relaxation and guided imagery techniques) to reduce anxiety and improve mood of parents of hospitalized children with malignancies: A randomized controlled trial in Republic of Cyprus and Greece. Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2017 Feb;26:9-18. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2016.10.007. Epub 2016 Nov 18.
• Borji M, Nourmohammadi H, Otaghi M, Salimi AH, Tarjoman A. Positive Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Depression, Anxiety and Stress of Family Caregivers of Patients with Prostate Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2017 Dec 28;18(12):3207-3212. doi: 10.22034/APJCP.2017.18.12.3207.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 30, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 10, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): June 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 6, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 10, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): May 11, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 22, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 16, 2021
• Last Verified: July 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Anxiety; Progressive Relaxation Exercise; Coping With Stress
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2021/02 (Avrasya University)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No