Older People
Conditions
Keywords
Older people, Adaptation, Life quality, Nursing home
Brief summary
The changes and limitations that occur in the aging process effect people's adaptation toold age. The quality of life of elderly individuals who have problems in adaptation to aging is negatively affected. This study aimed to assess the effect of effects of Progressive Muscle Relaxation on the adaptation levels and quality of life of the elderly living in nursing homes.
Detailed description
Today, changes and developments in technology and lifestyles have lengthened average life span and increased the elderly population. The physical and cognitive changes, health problems, new roles such asbeing retired or widowed and economic losses come one after anotherfor the elderly, and this turns the old age into a period full of difficul-ties. The difficulties experienced in this period introduce problems re-lated to the adaptation of the elderly to old age. The union of the problems arising due to old age decreases the self-respect and life satisfaction of the elderly individual, and consequently, the quality of life can be negatively affected. Adaptation is defined as the harmony built by an individual between his own needs and the expectations of the people around.It is important for people to adapt to ever-changing life events sothat they can lead happy lives.The first condition of a healthy and problem-free old age is to accept and adapt to old age.Therefore, the purposes of nursing care cover ensuring an individual's adaptation toold age and its changes, which is the last development phase of life. Nurses can positively change people's adaptation to old age by applying simple andeconomic non-pharmacological methods that are easy to apply. The non-pharmacological methods used in this study for older people'sw included progressive muscle relaxation exercise. It is stated in the literature that progressive relaxation exercise increases the quality of life and satisfaction of elderly individuals. However, there was no study thatassessed the effect of progressive muscle relaxation exercise on adaptation to old age. Objective: Evaluate the effects of progressive muscle relaxation on the adaptation levels older people's and quality of life of the elderly living in nursing homes. Methodology: This is randomized clinical test. The sample was made up of 45 older people living in nursing homes (24 in control group and 21 in the experimental group). The progressive muscle relaxation technique was employed. In order to collect the data, we adopted the interview with form filling technique, using the introductory information form, Assessment Scale of Adaptation Difficulty for the Elderly (ASADE) and Nottingham Health Profile (NHP). Blood pressure and heart rate of experimental group were measured before and after the progressive muscle relaxation intervention.
Interventions
The CD on relaxation exercises developed by the Turkish Psy-chological Associationwas used.In the second of CD 27-min section; relaxation exercises are explained to the accompaniment ofrunning water sounds and verbal instructions. Progressive relaxation technique includes stretching and relaxing the bigmuscle groups (hands, arms, neck, shoulders, face, chest, abdomen,hip, feet andfingers) in the human body on purpose. When steps ofProgressive Relaxation Exercises are analyzed, it is observed thatlearning how to take correct and deep breaths is the most impor-tant step towards learning relaxation. In addition, taking correct breaths is used as a part of the exercise among all relaxation exercises.Steps of Progressive Relaxation Exercise:- breathing exercises- lower extremity exercises- upper extremity exercises- exercise of respiratory muscles. Elderly individuals will receive PMR exercise twice a week under the guidance of an investigator for eight weeks.
Sponsors
Aksaray University Training and Research Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
65 Years to 100 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* 65 years and above, * Do not have a diagnosis of dementia and psychiatric disease by the doctor and have a mini-mental test score of 23 and above, * There is no problem with communication
Exclusion criteria
* Having severe hearing or perceptual deficits that impaired communication * Having dementia, Alzheimer's disease,
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Standard Mini Mental Test (SMMT) | pretest of study | SMMT evaluates cognitive status. Seniors with a SMMT score above 23 (min.0 - max. 30) were included in the study. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nottingham Health Profile | 2 months | The health-related quality of life of elderly individuals was evaluated using the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP). he lowest and highest scores that can be obtained from each sub-dimension of the scale are 0 and 100, respectively. 0 indicates the best health status while 100 indicates the worst health status. |
| Assessment Scale of Adaptation Difficulty for the Elderly (ASADE) | 2 months | The difficulties in adaptation to old age of elderly individuals were evaluated using the Assessment Scale of Adaptation Difficulty for the Elderly (ASADE). The scores obtained from the items of the scale (24 ıtems) are collected and divided by the number of questions to obtain the total score of the scale. The level of adaptation to old age decreases as the score obtained from the scale by an individual increases. ASADE total score min. 0- max. 3. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed