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NCT Number: NCT06143826

Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise on Care Burden, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Levels in Dementia Caregivers

Dementia, which leads to deterioration in cognitive and behavioral functions, is a chronic progressive disease. Since the diagnosis is made, the care needs of the patients increase. In the later stages of the disease, it becomes completely dependent on the caregiver.

they are coming. Caregiving is performed by family members in developing countries such as Turkey. Family members face many difficulties in their social, work, and daily lives after they start to care. These difficulties are the burden of caregiving is called. Caregivers who perceive the burden of care also experience anxiety, stress, and depression. Jacobson progressive muscle relaxation in coping with these problems exercises can be used. This study was planned to examine the effects of progressive muscle relaxation exercises on anxiety, stress, depression, and caregiver burden in dementia caregivers.

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Key information

Conditions

Caregiver Burden Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Dementia Mental Disorders Nervous System Diseases Neurocognitive Disorders Stress, Psychological

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Alzheimer daily life home

Istanbul, 34450, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

The research is a pre-test, post-test, and cross-sectional research. After explaining the purpose of the study to the caregivers who met the inclusion criteria, the Information Form, the Depression Anxiety Stress-21 Scale (DAS-21), and the Zarit Care Burden Scale will be administered. Then, progressive muscle relaxation exercises will be applied to caregivers. During the interview, the audio recording of the exercise will be given to them. Also, contact information (caregiver and researcher) will be shared mutually.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Be over 18 years old
  • Being literate
  • Not having difficulties in verbal communication
  • Have been caring for at least 3 months
  • Being able to provide care for free
  • Being the primary caregiver of the patient
  • Not having a psychiatric diagnosis
  • Not using medication for psychiatric illness

Exclusion criteria

  • Providing care for less than 3 months
  • Providing paid care

Treatment and study plan

Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercises

Other

Progressive muscle relaxation exercises involve contracting and relaxing 16 muscle groups in the body (hand, upper arm, forearm, forehead, nose, cheek, chin, neck, shoulder, chest, abdomen, waist, stomach, calf, hip, foot). During the exercise, the individual perceives the changes in the muscles during the contraction and relaxation of the muscles. Relaxation exercise is applied along with correct and deep breathing.

Primary outcomes

  1. Caregiver burden

    Time frame: At the end of the 3 months, the Zarit caregiver burden scale will be applied.

    The Zarit caregiver burden scale will be evaluated before and after the intervention. Five-point Likert-type scale and it consists of 22 statements. The scale has no subgroups. According to the score obtained from the scale: 88-61 points is a severe burden, 60-41 points is moderately severe, 40-21 points is mild to moderate, and less than 21 points is a mild or no burden.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Depression, anxiety and stress

    Time frame: At the end of the 3 months, the Depression, anxiety and stress scale-21 will be applied.

    Depression, anxiety and stress scale will be evaluated before and after the intervention. There are 7 items each to measure depression, anxiety, and stress dimensions on the scale. The first 7 questions in the scale are anxiety, the 7 questions between 8-14 are depression, and last 7 questions 15-21 are also about stress. It is a 4-point Likert type. High scores from the scale indicate depression, anxiety and stress.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Atlas University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise on Care Burden, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Levels in Dementia Caregivers

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2024
First posted
Nov 22, 2023
Registry last updated
Jun 18, 2024

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