The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercises on Fatigue and Sleep Quality in İndividuals With Epilepsy

The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercises on Fatigue and Sleep Quality in Individuals With Epilepsy

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05261568

Enrollment

Registered

2022-03-02

Start date

2021-09-10

Completion date

2022-12-22

Last updated

2023-02-17

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Conditions

Epilepsy, Fatigue, Sleep

Brief summary

Aim: It was conducted to determine the effect of web-based animation supported progressive relaxation exercise on fatigue and sleep quality in individuals with epilepsy. Material and Methods: As a randomized controlled study with a pretest- posttest model, it was conducted with individuals with epilepsy who applied to Giresun University Faculty of Medicine Neurology Outpatient Clinic between February and December 2022.The sample of the study was determined as 60 epilepsy patients, 30 of which were in the control-30 experimental group, using power analysis. The data were collected by face-to-face interview technique using Personal Information Form, Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index, Fatigue Severity Scale.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALPROGRESSIVE RELAXATION EXERCISE

Progressive relaxation exercise will be done for 6 weeks by watching the animation video in the mobile application program.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* be over the age of 18 * Having been diagnosed with epilepsy for at least 6 months * Individuals with an average score of 4.1 or higher on the fatigue severity scale * Individuals with a Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index total score above 5 * Being able to use mobile phone (IOS-Android) * Being able to speak Turkish * Up to 6 months before the study, techniques such as meditation, hypnosis, yoga not benefited, * Having a neurological, systemic and psychiatric disease other than epilepsy not to be.

Exclusion criteria

* Not using a mobile phone, * Up to 6 months before the study, techniques such as meditation, hypnosis, yoga to have benefited, * Having a neurological, systemic and psychiatric disease other than epilepsy be.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
fatigue severity scale	An average of 1 year	finished

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
pittsburg sleep quality scale	An average of 1 year	finished

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

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