An interventional study of Exercise in University Students, sponsored by Inonu University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-02-07.
Sponsored by Inonu University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
Aim: The study aims to examine the effect of progressive relaxation exercises administered to nursing students via telenursing on sleep quality after the February 6 earthquake in Turkey.
Materials and Methods: The study was conducted as a randomized controlled study. The study population consisted of first-, second-, and third-year nursing students enrolled in the nursing departments of two universities located in eastern Turkey, who were residing in one of the 11 cities affected by the earthquake during the February 6 Turkey earthquake. The sample included 86 students (40 experimental, 46 control). While the control group received no intervention, the experimental group received progressive relaxation exercises for 20 minutes every night for 4 weeks, 1 hour before the routine bedtime (or the time they planned to go to sleep) by making a video call (via Google Meet application) with the student. Data were collected using a personal information form and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale. Descriptive statistical methods (frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation), independent groups t-test, and paired t-test were used to evaluate the data.
Conclusion: The research results can showed that progressive relaxation exercises could be an effective intervention in improving sleep quality after an earthquake. Additionally, conducting these exercises via telenursing could contribute significantly to the sustainability and control of the intervention.
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Progressive relaxation exercises were conducted by the researcher, who had received training in this area. The students were informed in detail about the study's implementation process. For the next 4 weeks, every night, 1 hour before the routine bedtime (or the time when the student planned to sleep), a video call (via the Google Meet application) was made with the student, and progressive relaxation exercises were performed. The exercise took approximately 20 minutes and followed the implementation protocol (Davis et al., 2008; Payne, 2000). Group interviews were conducted for students with similar sleep hours. They were asked to move to a ventilated room away from noise so that the exercises could be practiced comfortably and not interrupted.
Other: Exercise
No intervention was applied to the control group in the study. Data collection forms were filled out only at the beginning and in the fourth week of the study.
For the next 4 weeks, every night, 1 hour before the routine bedtime (or the time when the student planned to sleep), a video call (via the Google Meet application) was made with the student, and progressive relaxation exercises were performed. The exercise took approximately 20 minutes and followed the implementation protocol (Davis et al., 2008; Payne, 2000). Group interviews were conducted for students with similar sleep hours. They were asked to move to a ventilated room away from noise so that the exercises could be practiced comfortably and not interrupted.
Also known as: Progressive relaxation exercises practice
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index The scale was developed by Buysse et al. and validated in Turkish by Agargün et al. (Buysse et al., 1989; Agargün, 1996). Of the 24 items on the scale, 18 are included in the evaluation. The scale consists of 7 sub-dimensions: Subjective Sleep Quality, Sleep Latency, Sleep Duration, Habitual Sleep Efficacy, Sleep Disturbances, Use of Sleep Medication, and Daytime Dysfunction. Each sub-dimension is scored between 0-3, and the total scale score ranges from 0 to 21. An increase in the scale score indicates a decline in sleep quality. The results are evaluated in three categories: 0-5 points indicate healthy sleep, 6-10 points indicate poor sleep, and above 10 points indicate chronic sleep disturbance. The Cronbach's alpha internal consistency coefficient for the scale was calculated as 0.80 by Ağargün (1996).
Time frame: 3 month
Plan to share: No — Participants' data were collected for research purposes only according to the ethical principle of condentiality and protection. Therefore, it cannot be shared.
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