Progressive Relaxation Exercises in COPD

Nigde Omer Halisdemir University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dyspnea; Anxiety

Treatments: Other: Progressive relaxation exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04559503

OHU-zuleyha

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background: This study aimed to determine the effect of progressive relaxation exercises (PMR) on dyspnea and anxiety level in individuals with COPD Methods: The study was conducted in the pretest-posttest randomized-controlled trial and completed with 44 COPD individuals, 22 interventions and 22 controls. PMR were applied once a day for four weeks in the intervention group in addition to the standard treatments. The control group received standard treatment.

Full description

Background: This study aimed to determine the effect of progressive relaxation exercises (PMR) on dyspnea and anxiety level in individuals with COPD Methods: The study was conducted in the pretest-posttest randomized-controlled trial and completed with 44 COPD individuals, 22 interventions and 22 controls. PMR were applied once a day for four weeks in the intervention group in addition to the standard treatments. The control group received standard treatment. For data collection Questionnaire Forms, Patient Follow-Up Schedules, Modified Borg Scale (MBS), Modified British Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale (mMRC), COPD Assessment Test (CAT), and Beck Anxiety Scale were used.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with COPD,
• Must be able to competence to answer the questionnaire questions,
• Must be able to communicate verbally,
• Over 18 years of age,
• To have 2nd or 3rd grade COPD according to the GOLD Guide Staging System,
• To have 2 or more severe dyspnea according to the mMRC Dyspnea Scale,
• No medication changes have been made in the last three months,
• Not having received pulmonary rehabilitation in the last 6 months,

Exclusion criteria

• To have severe psychological disorders,
• To have non-COPD pulmonary diseases,
• To have cancer,
• To have renal failure,
• To have thyroid dysfunction,
• To have liver dysfunction

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

İntervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Progressive relaxation exercises were applied once a day for four weeks in the intervention group in addition to the standard treatments. The patients were called 3 times each week on the telephone, and it was monitored whether they continued to do the exercises.

Treatment:

Other: Progressive relaxation exercises

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group received standard treatment.