The Effect of 4-7-8 Breathing Exercise Training on Sleep Quality

The Effect of 4-7-8 Breathing Exercise Training Given to Nursing Students on Sleep Quality: A Randomized-controlled Study

Research; it will be carried out Kilis 7 Aralik University Yusuf Serefoglu Health Sciences Faculty, Department of Nursing. The training will take approximately 20 minutes in an empty classroom and will be planned when the students' classes finish. Thus, educational activities in the institution will not be disrupted. Participants will be asked to do the taught exercise in half an hour before going to sleep every evening during the research period (4 weeks). Training will begin when the determined number of samples is reached. The training will be terminated when the 4-week research period determined to see the effect of the application expires.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Nursing Students
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: 4-7-8 Breathing Exercise Training

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 82
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Center
    • Kilis, Center, Turkey, 79100
      • Kilis 7 Aralık University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Volunteer
• Studying in a nursing undergraduate program
• There is no condition that prevents nasal breathing (such as septal deviation)
• No known chronic sleeping disorder

Exclusion Criteria:

• No studying in a nursing undergraduate program
• There is condition that prevents nasal breathing (such as septal deviation)
• Having any chronic sleeping disorder

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention	Behavioral: 4-7-8 Breathing Exercise Training; Participants in the intervention group will be taught 4-7-8 breathing exercises collectively, and the training will be repeated on specified days (twice a week for a total of 4 weeks). During the training, it will be checked whether each participant in the intervention group can perform the breathing exercise correctly and feedback will be given. Participants who fail to implement the exercise will be excluded from the study. 4-7-8 breathing exercise training, prepared in accordance with the literature, will be given by the assistant researcher who has training and certification in breathing exercises. Training will be planned in an empty classroom, for approximately 20 minutes and at the students' end time. Thus, educational activities in the institution will not be disrupted.
No Intervention: Control

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index	Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index evaluates sleep quality in the last month, contains a total of 24 questions.	This measurement will be repeated at the beginning of the study and at the end of the 4th week.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Uğur Doğan
• Investigators: Study Chair: Uğur Doğan, PhD, Kilis 7 Aralik University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 4, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 17, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): February 6, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 23, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 23, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): October 26, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 25, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 24, 2024
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Kilis7AralikU-02

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