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NCT Number: NCT05997394

The Effect of Prayer on Dyspnea Severity, Anxiety and Spiritual Well-Being in Individuals With COPD

This study will be conducted in order to examine the effect of prayer to individuals with COPD on the severity of dyspnea, anxiety and spiritual well-being experienced by patients.

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Key information

Conditions

COPD Anxiety Disorders Chronic Disease Disease Attributes Dyspnea Lung Diseases Lung Diseases, Obstructive Mental Disorders Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive Respiration Disorders Respiratory Tract Diseases Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Zile Devlet Hastanesi

Tokat Province, 60000, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

This study will be conducted on people with COPD. People with COPD disease will be divided into two groups. The experimental group will be given a prayer lesson for a month. Prayer listening will not be performed to the control group. At the end of one month, the severity of dyspnea, anxiety and spiritual well-being levels of people in both groups will be re-evaluated.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • 90 individuals (45 experiments, 45 controls) who can be contacted, who have agreed to participate in the study
  • who are literate, can speak Turkish
  • who have not participated in a similar application of this study before
  • who have agreed to participate in the study after being informed about the research
  • are 18 years old and over, with a COPD diagnosis will be taken

Exclusion criteria

  • Individuals with mental and hearing problems, who have lost a family member and someone close to them in the last year
  • who are using tranquilizers/antidepressants
  • who have experienced a traumatic situation such as divorce will be excluded from the sample.

Treatment and study plan

A prayer concert will be held for the participants.

Other

Participants who are in the experimental group will be given a prayer audience.

Primary outcomes

  1. dyspnea 12 scale

    Time frame: 1 month

    as a result of 1-month prayer listening, the severity of dyspnea of the participants in the experimental group decreased. A minimum of 0 and a maximum of 36 points are taken from the scale. The increase in scores indicates that the frequency of dyspnea of patients has increased.

  2. Beck anxiety scale

    Time frame: 1 month

    as a result of listening to prayer for 1 month, the anxiety severity of the participants in the experimental group decreased. A minimum of 0 and a maximum of 63 points are taken from the scale. The increase in scores indicates that the frequency of anxiety of patients has increased.

  3. Spiritual Well-Being Scale

    Time frame: 1 month

    as a result of listening to prayer for 1 month, the spiritual well-being levels of the participants in the experimental group increased. A minimum of 0 and a maximum of 48 points are taken from the scale. An increase in scores indicates an increase in the spiritual well-being of patients.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cumhuriyet University

Other

Registry information

Acronym: COPD

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Aug 18, 2023
Registry last updated
Jul 16, 2024

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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