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Effect of progressive relaxation exercises on fatigue and sleep quality in patients with chronic obstructive lung
Zümrüt Akgün Şahin1, Nuray Dayapoğlu2
1Kafkas University, Faculty of Health Science, Kars, Turkey.
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.
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