Patients with psychiatric disorders. Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders-Mood [affective] disorders-
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group:Each patient in the intervention group will receive 8 individual Benson muscle relaxation sessions in person, lasting at least twenty minutes, twice a week. The cont
Sponsors
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Hospitalization in an Iranian psychiatric hospital from all wards (except emergency and addiction wards) Patients should be hospitalized at the beginning of the period (in order to maintain the patients' one-month in-person intervention and neutralize the effects of the routine medications received, patients should be hospitalized at the beginning of the first week) Having sleep quality disturbance based on initial screening (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Score equal to or greater than 5) Age range between 18 and 50 years Being literate Absence of post-traumatic stress syndrome or symptoms or substance abuse Not having any debilitating or stressful physical disorders or illnesses Ability to communicate visually, verbally, and understand Persian.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: A stressful or unexpected event occurs during study In case of relapse and return to the acute stage of the disease Withdrawal from continuing the study Failure to cooperate during the study (failure to provide appropriate feedback during the implementation of the relaxation program) Failure to participate in more than two non-consecutive sessions or in two consecutive sessions Use of hypnotic drugs (Stat or PRN) other than neuropsychiatric drugs. Patients with drug or psychotropic addiction
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sleep quality score on the Pittsburgh questionnaire. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention, one month after the intervention. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactFereshte Ghasemi
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed