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The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercises Applied to Caregivers on Caregiving Burden and Meaning of Life

The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercises Applied to Family Members Caregiving for Hemiplegic Patients on Caregiving Burden and Meaning of Life

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06232681
Enrollment
60
Registered
2024-01-31
Start date
2023-07-13
Completion date
2024-04-30
Last updated
2024-02-01

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Conditions

Hemiplegia

Keywords

progressive relaxation exercise, burden, caregiver, the meaning of life

Brief summary

This randomised controlled experimental type study will be conducted with family members who care for the relatives of hemiplegic patients who are hospitalised in Manisa Merkezefendi and Turgutlu State Hospital Physical Therapy Services.

Detailed description

The population of the study will consist of the caregivers of hemiplegic patients receiving treatment in the clinic on the specified dates in Turgutlu State Hospital and Manisa Merkezefendi State Hospital Physical Therapy Service. The sample will consist of individuals who meet the inclusion criteria. Individuals in Turgutlu State Hospital will constitute the intervention group of the study and individuals in Manisa Merkezefendi State Hospital will constitute the control group of the study. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of progressive relaxation exercises applied to family members caring for hemiplegic patients on caregiving burden and meaning of life. In the intervention group, those who agree to participate in the study will be asked to fill in the Patient and Patient Relative Form, Cheltanhams Patient Classification Scale, Caregiving Burden Scale and Meaning and Purpose of Life Scale, which include personal information and information about the patient. Relaxation exercises will be explained and demonstrated by the researcher (Funda AKTÜRK) once a day for 1 month starting from the hospitalisation to the clinic and will be played on the computer. You will be asked to perform these exercises after listening to the video (CD). Relaxation exercises are exercises based on stretching and relaxing your muscles. Before the application, in the middle of the application (15th day) and at the end of the application, all forms except the introduction form will be filled in again. In the Control Group, those who agree to participate in the study will be asked to fill in the;Patient and Patient Relative Form, Cheltanhams Patient Classification Scale, Caregiving Burden Scale and Meaning and Purpose of Life Scale, which include personal information and information about the patient. The control group will be asked to fill in the forms at the same time as the intervention group without any intervention. If requested, progressive relaxation exercises will be applied to the control group after the end of the study

Interventions

BEHAVIORALProgressive relaxation exercise

The intervention group will take one month progressive relaxation exercise starting from the hospitalisation to the clinic

Sponsors

kıvan çevik kaya
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Caregiver)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Family members who have no communication problems, * Who are 18 years of age or older, * Whose patient will be hospitalised in the clinic for at least one month, * Who agree to participate in the study will be recruited.

Exclusion criteria

* Individuals who have communication problems, * The caregiver is not a family member, * are 18 years of age or younger, * The patient stays in the clinic for less than one month, * Has previously received progressive relaxation training, and who do not agree to participate in the study will be included.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Care burden30 dayCaregiving Burden Scale was used. The scale has a Likert-type evaluation ranging from 0 to 4 in the form of never, rarely, sometimes, frequently, often, or almost always. A minimum score of 0 and a maximum score of 88 can be obtained from the scale. The items in the scale are generally related to the social and emotional domain, and a high scale score indicates that the distress experienced is high.
The meaning and purpose of life30 dayMeaning and Purpose of Life Scale was used. The Life's Meaning and Purpose Scale, which is prepared in Likert style and answered by marking one of the options of strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree and strongly disagree according to frequency, consists of a total of (17) items including (11) positive and (6) negative statements. The options ticked for positive statements are evaluated by scoring as strongly agree (5), agree (4), undecided (3), disagree (2) and strongly disagree (1) respectively, while the options ticked for negative statements are evaluated by scoring in reverse order as strongly agree (1), agree (2), undecided (3), disagree (4) and strongly disagree (5). The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is (17x1=17) and the highest score is (17x5=85). A high score indicates a high level of meaning in individuals' lives, while a low score indicates a low level of meaning.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Contacts

Primary ContactKıvan ÇEVİK KAYA
kivancevikk@gmail.com0 (236) 233 0904

Outcome results

None listed

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