Effect of diaphragmatic breathing on anxiety, quality of sleep and pain of patients candidate for lumbar discectomy

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20190426043375N1

Enrollment

Registered

2020-01-29

Start date

2020-02-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-02-24

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Conditions

Condition 1: anxiety. Condition 2: sleep. Condition 3: pain. Anxiety disorder due to known physiological condition Sleep disorders not due to a substance or known physiological condition Acute pain, not elsewhere classified

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group:The researcher visits patients the night before surgery and completes a demographic questionnaire. Patients' anxiety will be measured using the Spielberger questionn

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Over 18 years of age fluency in Persian No chronic pain No history of surgery No drug addiction No use of any sedative and analgesics in the past 24 hours mental health Not knowing about diaphragmatic breathing

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Withdrawal from continuing study death possible complications of surgery and anesthesia.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Level of anxiety. Timepoint: Measurement of the anxiety level at the night before surgery, one hour before the surgery. Method of measurement: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).;Sleep quality. Timepoint: The morning of surgery. Method of measurement: St. Mary's Hospital Sleep Questionnaire.;Postoperative pain. Timepoint: Immediately after the patient's consciousness after surgery. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.	—

Measure

Time frame

Level of anxiety. Timepoint: Measurement of the anxiety level at the night before surgery, one hour before the surgery. Method of measurement: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).;Sleep quality. Timepoint: The morning of surgery. Method of measurement: St. Mary's Hospital Sleep Questionnaire.;Postoperative pain. Timepoint: Immediately after the patient's consciousness after surgery. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactYasaman Pourandish

Arak University of Medical Sciences

y.pourandish@gmail.com+98 86 3417 3507

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026