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NCT Number: NCT05261568

The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercises on Fatigue and Sleep Quality in İndividuals With Epilepsy

Aim: It was conducted to determine the effect of web-based animation supported progressive relaxation exercise on fatigue and sleep quality in individuals with epilepsy. Material and Methods: As a randomized controlled study with a pretest- posttest model, it was conducted with individuals with epilepsy who applied to Giresun University Faculty of Medicine Neurology Outpatient Clinic between February and December 2022.The sample of the study was determined as 60 epilepsy patients, 30 of which were in the control-30 experimental group, using power analysis. The data were collected by face-to-face interview technique using Personal Information Form, Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index, Fatigue Severity Scale.

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Key information

Conditions

Epilepsy Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Fatigue Nervous System Diseases Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms Sleep

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Giresun Training and Research Hospital

Giresun, 28100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • be over the age of 18
  • Having been diagnosed with epilepsy for at least 6 months
  • Individuals with an average score of 4.1 or higher on the fatigue severity scale
  • Individuals with a Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index total score above 5
  • Being able to use mobile phone (IOS-Android)
  • Being able to speak Turkish
  • Up to 6 months before the study, techniques such as meditation, hypnosis, yoga not benefited,
  • Having a neurological, systemic and psychiatric disease other than epilepsy not to be.

Exclusion criteria

  • Not using a mobile phone,
  • Up to 6 months before the study, techniques such as meditation, hypnosis, yoga to have benefited,
  • Having a neurological, systemic and psychiatric disease other than epilepsy be.

Treatment and study plan

Progressive Relaxation Exercise

Behavioral

Progressive relaxation exercise will be done for 6 weeks by watching the animation video in the mobile application program.

Primary outcomes

  1. fatigue severity scale

    Time frame: An average of 1 year

    finished

Secondary outcomes

  1. pittsburg sleep quality scale

    Time frame: An average of 1 year

    finished

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ataturk University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercises on Fatigue and Sleep Quality in Individuals With Epilepsy

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Mar 2, 2022
Registry last updated
Feb 17, 2023

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