Effect of Progressive Muscle Exercises on Sleep in Urological Surgery

Atlas University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Sleep Quality; Surgery; Sleep

Treatments: Other: Progressive relaxation exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06980558

05/01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients undergoing urological surgery are usually elderly individuals and may experience sleep problems due to factors such as fear of death, anesthesia, and uncertainty. Insomnia can also cause problems such as delayed wound healing, increased pain, tension, and difficulty complying with treatment. This study aimed to improve sleep quality by performing gradual muscle exercises on patients undergoing urological surgery.

Full description

Urological surgery is a type of surgery that is usually performed on elderly individuals and can cause serious sleep problems in the pre- and post-operative period. While these patients experience sleep problems due to factors such as fear of death and uncertainty about anesthesia before surgery, significant decreases in sleep quality are observed after surgery due to reasons such as pain, anxiety and hospitalization. This sleeplessness can lead to many negative consequences such as delayed wound healing, increased pain, tension and difficulty in compliance with treatment. Sleep disorders also increase patients' stress and reduce their resistance. Progressive relaxation exercises (PGE) are a method that provides relaxation throughout the body by tensing and then relaxing all muscle groups in the body. This method is used as an effective nursing intervention, especially in the management of diseases and symptoms. This study aims to evaluate the effects of progressive relaxation exercises on sleep quality in patients undergoing urological surgery.

Enrollment: 2 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• • Patients must be over 18 and under 70 years old,

  • Patients must not have any visual or auditory problems that would prevent them from expressing their sleep status correctly and understanding the information provided,
  • Not have benefited from techniques such as meditation, hypnosis, yoga for up to 6 months before the study,
  • Not have a neurological or psychiatric disease,
  • Not have a sleep apnea syndrome/not have a sleep disorder diagnosis or are not receiving medical treatment for this purpose,
  • Patients must not have developed any complications within three days before, during, and after surgery,

Exclusion criteria

• • Those with serious cognitive disorders

  • Those with severe psychiatric disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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2 participants in 2 patient groups

Exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

The individual will be given a position where communication can be easily established and where he/she feels comfortable. The content of the progressive relaxation exercise (PGE) will be explained to the patient. The 30-minute PGE application will be provided with verbal warnings.

Treatment:

Other: Progressive relaxation exercises

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients will receive routine nursing care in the ward.