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The Effect of Benson's Relaxation Exercise on Anxiety and Kinesiophobia in Patients With Total Knee Arthroplasty

The Effect of Benson's Relaxation Exercise on Anxiety and Kinesiophobia in Patients With Total Knee Arthroplasty

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07035496
Enrollment
64
Registered
2025-06-25
Start date
2025-06-16
Completion date
2025-08-09
Last updated
2026-04-29

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Conditions

Total Knee Arthroplasty

Keywords

benson's relexation exercise, total knee arthroplasty, Kinesiophobia, anxiety

Brief summary

The subject of the study is the effect of Benson Relaxation Exercise on anxiety and kinesiophobia in total knee arthroplasty patients.

Detailed description

Sample of study was calculated using G\*Power Software (ver. 3.1.9.2) for 95% power and medium effect size (f=0.40) at 95% confidence level i Participants were assigned to the experimental and control groups by block randomization method. Patients in the experimental group will be given an information brochure about the exercise by the researcher and the Benson Relaxation exercise will be explained. The patient will then perform the exercise under the control of the researcher. Then, the patient will be administered the exercise in the evening the day before surgery, in the morning of surgery, in the morning and evening on the 1st and 2nd postoperative days, and in the morning on the 3rd postoperative day. In addition to the Benson exercise, patients will receive routine treatment and care at the hospital.

Interventions

OTHERBenson's relaxation exercise

The Benson's relaxation exercise is based on the principle of choosing a word that is meaningful to the individual and focusing on it, breathing deeply and relaxing all the muscles in the body.The Benson relaxation exercise is a simple and easy-to-learn method.

Sponsors

Satı Danacı
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

1. experimental group 2. control group

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients 18-75 years of age * Patients undergoing knee arthroplasty * Patients who do not have communication problems, who are conscious and able to answer questions, and who do not have any disorder/disease affecting their decision-making ability (dementia, Alzheimer's, etc.) * Patients who do not have psychiatric disorders such as anxiety disorder, panic attacks, depression and are not receiving psychiatric treatment such as antipsychotics/anxiolytics. * Without Muscle Disease, * Patients who volunteered to participate in the study. * Patients who understand the study content and voluntarily sign the informed consent form for the study will be included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

\-

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
The State Anxiety Scale1 day before surgery in the morning, half an hour before the surgery and 3 days postoperatively in the morningIt is used to measure the level of anxiety. A minimum score of 0 and a maximum score of 80 can be obtained from the scale, and a high score indicates a high level of anxiety.
Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale1 day before surgery in the morning, half an hour before the surgery and 3 days postoperatively in the morningIt is used to determine the level of kinesiophobia. While the minimum score value obtained from the scale is 17, the maximum score value is 68. A score above 37 on the scale is considered to be a high level of kinesiophobia.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORSatı Danacı

Çankırı Public Hospital

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Apr 30, 2026