Zümrüt Akgün Şahin1, Nuray Dayapoğlu2. 1. Kafkas University, Faculty of Health Science, Kars, Turkey. Electronic address: zumrut8136@hotmail.com. 2. Atatürk University, Faculty of Health Science, Erzurum, Turkey. Electronic address: nuraydayapoglu@hotmail.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This research was conducted to investigate the effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique on fatigue and sleep quality in patients with COPD. This research was performed as a single-group pretest/post-test pretrial model. METHODS: The study was conducted with 45 patients who met the research criteria and agreed to participate in the study. A Personal Information Form was used as a data collection tool, Fatigue Severity Scale was used for measuring fatigue, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was used for evaluating the sleep quality. RESULTS: It was determined that PMRT decreased patients' fatigue level and improved their sleep quality, patients' fatigue level increased as their sleep quality decreased. CONCLUSION: Progressive relaxation exercises programs represent effective therapeutic intervention approaches for relieving COPD-associated fatigue and sleep quality. PMRT programs will extend the scope of the rehabilitation nurses' work, as it is an important course of COPD patients' continuity nursing.
OBJECTIVE: This research was conducted to investigate the effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique on fatigue and sleep quality in patients with COPD. This research was performed as a single-group pretest/post-test pretrial model. METHODS: The study was conducted with 45 patients who met the research criteria and agreed to participate in the study. A Personal Information Form was used as a data collection tool, Fatigue Severity Scale was used for measuring fatigue, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was used for evaluating the sleep quality. RESULTS: It was determined that PMRT decreased patients' fatigue level and improved their sleep quality, patients' fatigue level increased as their sleep quality decreased. CONCLUSION: Progressive relaxation exercises programs represent effective therapeutic intervention approaches for relieving COPD-associated fatigue and sleep quality. PMRT programs will extend the scope of the rehabilitation nurses' work, as it is an important course of COPDpatients' continuity nursing.
Authors: Caroline Stridsman; My Svensson; Viktor Johansson Strandkvist; Linnea Hedman; Helena Backman; Anne Lindberg Journal: Ther Adv Respir Dis Date: 2018 Jan-Dec Impact factor: 4.031