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

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04880941

Enrollment

Registered

2021-05-11

Start date

2021-04-30

Completion date

2021-06-30

Last updated

2021-07-22

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Conditions

Palliative Care

Keywords

Progressive Relaxation Exercise, Coping With Stress, Anxiety

Brief summary

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

Detailed description

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

Interventions

BEHAVIORALProgressive Relaxation Exercise

In the progressive relaxation technique, the tension and anxiety in skeletal muscles are relatively relieved.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Masking description

Progressive Relaxation Exercise and control group

Intervention model description

This study is an experimental study with pre-test and post-test control groups.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Coping With Stress in Palliative Caregivers	1 week	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.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Anxiety in Palliative Caregivers	1 week	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.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026