Combined Effects Of Progressive Relaxation Techniques Along With Benson Relaxation Techniques

Riphah International University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Postpartum Disorder

Treatments: Other: Benson relaxation techniques; Other: Progressive relaxation techniques

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06460649

REC/RCR&AHS/23/0586

Details and patient eligibility

About

The postpartum (or postnatal) period begins after childbirth and is typically considered to last for six weeks. Stress is considered a response to any stressor within external or internal milieu, to stay in an adaptive mode using functional or dysfunctional coping skills. It initiates an alterable mode that ultimately becomes a prolonged adaptive struggle The study will be a randomized controlled trial and will be conducted in Jinnah hospital, Lahore. This study will be completed in a time duration of 8 months after the approval of synopsis. Nonprobability convenience sampling technique will be used, and participants will be recruited in study after randomization. The subjects will be divided into two groups and group A will receive progressive relaxation technique along with Benson relaxing technique. and group B will receive progressive relaxation technique and deep breathing exercises will be used as a baseline treatment. The tools that will be used for pre and post treatment assessment are Postpartum fatigue scale (PFS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS_10), WHOQOL-BREF Scale. The data will be assessed after 12 weeks. After data collection data will be analyzed by using SPSS version 25.

Full description

The postpartum (or postnatal) period begins after childbirth and is typically considered to last for six weeks. Postpartum period can be a challenging time for many women, as they often experience increased stress levels, fatigue, and a change in their overall quality of life. Stress is considered a response to any stressor within external or internal milieu, to stay in an adaptive mode using functional or dysfunctional coping skills. It initiates an alterable mode that ultimately becomes a prolonged adaptive struggle when an individual cannot find the right coping skills, which may then become a long term dysfunctional state, hence a chronic psychiatric condition.

The study will be a randomized controlled trial and will be conducted in Jinnah hospital, Lahore. This study will be completed in time duration of 5_6 months after the approval of synopsis. Non probability convenience sampling technique will be used and participants will be recruited in study after randomization. The subjects will be divided into two groups and the group A will receive progressive relaxation technique along with Benson relaxing technique. and group B will receive progressive relaxation technique and deep breathing exercises will be used as a baseline treatment. The tools that will be used for pre and post treatment assessment are Postpartum fatigue scale(PFS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS_10), WHOQOL-BREF Scale. The data will be assessed after 5 days 45min per treatment session. After data collection data will be analyzed by using SPSS version 25.

Key words: Fatigue, progressive Relaxation technique, Postpartum period, Postpartum women, Quality of life, Stress

Enrollment: 54 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• • Parity of women must not more than 3 times

  • Start from 2nd week of postpartum female
  • Women with aged group of 20- 40 were included in study.(24)
  • Women who had Vaginal or c section delivery were included in study.
  • Women with no postnatal complications were included in study

Exclusion criteria

• • Women with Diabetes Militias were excluded

  • Women with Breast cancer were excluded
  • Ovarian cancer were excluded
  • Patient with dementia, delusional disorder were excluded
  • Women who use Alcohol or substance abuse were excluded
  • Women who had a history of psychiatric disorders were excluded
  • Severed obesity ( BMI more than 40)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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54 participants in 2 patient groups

Progressive relaxation techniques+Benson relaxation techniques

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in group A will receive progressive relaxation techniques along benson relaxation sessions will be conducted 3 times a week for 12 weeks . Total number of sessions will be 3

Treatment:

Other: Progressive relaxation techniques

Other: Benson relaxation techniques

Progressive relaxation techniques

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in group B will receive progressive relaxation techniques only. Sessions will be conducted 3 times a week for 12 weeks.36 sessions over all

Treatment:

Other: Progressive relaxation techniques