Perceived Stress and Anxiety Levels of Nurses (stress)

Ayşe Aydınlı

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety; Stress

Treatments: Other: Progressive Relaxation Exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05087433

Stress and Anxiety

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was conducted to determine the effect of web-based progressive relaxation exercises applied to nurses working in a pandemic hospital on perceived stress and anxiety. In this randomized controlled clinical trial, nurses working in the pandemic hospital were randomly assigned to the control and intervention groups.

Full description

The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) epidemic increases the stress and anxiety level of nurses due to many factors. This study was conducted to determine the effect of web-based progressive relaxation exercises applied to nurses working in a pandemic hospital on perceived stress and anxiety. In this randomized controlled clinical trial, nurses working in the pandemic hospital were randomly assigned to the control and intervention groups. The Web-Based Relaxation Exercises Program was trained and implemented online for 4 weeks by a trainer for the intervention group.The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were completed online by participants in both groups before and after the intervention

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Those between the ages of 18-55
• Nurses working in the pandemic hospital

Exclusion criteria

• Nurses who did not agree to participate in the study
• Research Termination Criteria;
• Nurses who begin to receive support from a psychiatrist,
• Nurses who begin to use psychiatric medication,
• Nurses who are COVID positive,
• Moreover, the study was terminated with the nurses who wanted to leave the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

İntervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Practicing Progressive Relaxation Exercises The training of the Zoom application progressive relaxation exercise for the nurses was done in two sessions for a total of 60 minutes. During the first interview, the definition, purpose, benefits, and application techniques of PRE were explained to the nurses in the intervention group. In the second session, the steps of progressive relaxation exercises were demonstrated by the trainer. The trainer performed the PRE exercise online with the nurses. Nurses were asked to perform the PRE application in accordance with the commands in the video recordings. In addition, a guide in which the steps of applying progressive relaxation exercises for each muscle group were written was given to the nurses. It was stated that they should do the application regularly for 25-30 minutes in the morning every day at home for a month.

Treatment:

Other: Progressive Relaxation Exercises

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention was applied to the control group during the study. However, after the research was completed, the video of the application of the progressive relaxation exercises to the control group was shared on the WhatsApp group.