Information and Progressive Relaxation Exercises

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18-35
SponsorNigde Omer Halisdemir University

About this trial

This study was planned to determine the effect of information and progressive relaxation exercises before planned cesarean section on surgical fear, anxiety, postpartum comfort and pain levels.The research will be conducted in experimental design. The research will begin after receiving written permission from Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University Ethics Committee, Niğde Provincial Health Directorate and Ömer Halisdemir Training and Research Hospital. Pregnant women who are between the ages of 18-35, who are on Primigravida, who apply for a planned cesarean section, who have a live single pregnancy, and who are planned for spinal anesthesia will be included in the study. Before starting the research, the study will begin by obtaining institutional permissions and written permission from the pregnant women. Pre-Assessment Form, Personal Information Form, State Anxiety Scale, Surgical Fear Scale, Postpartum Comfort Scale will be used to collect data. The data will be evaluated on a computer using the IBM SPSS Statistics 24 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences for Windows) package program. Appropriate statistical analyzes will be used to evaluate the data.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Between the ages of 18-35,

Primigravida,

Applied for planned cesarean section,

Live singleton pregnancy,

Disqualifiers

Women who develop postpartum maternal or neonatal complications

Receiving general anesthesia.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • progressive relaxation exercises and training

    Other intervention

    Considering the high incidence of cesarean section and the prevalence of anxiety and fear as psychological symptoms, providing comfort and pain support to women is of great importance. Therefore, the effect of progressive relaxation exercise and education before cesarean section surgery on care outcomes will be determined.

Treatment groups

68 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Experimental groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: control groupNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

State Anxiety Scale

It is understood that as the score obtained from the scale increases, anxiety increases.

Time frame
3 month
2

Surgical Fear Scale

a high score indicates that surgical fear is high

Time frame
3 month

Secondary outcomes

1

Visual Analog Scale (VAS)

It consists of a 10 cm long horizontal or vertical line, which is frequently used in the measurement of subjective parameters.

Time frame
3 month
2

postpartum comfort scale

The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 34, while the highest score is 170.

Time frame
3 month

Other outcomes

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