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Trial reportPerspectives in psychiatric care2021

The effects of progressive muscle relaxation exercises on the anxiety and sleep quality of patients with COVID-19: A randomized controlled study.

İbrahim Özlü, Zeynep Öztürk, Zeynep Karaman Özlü, Erdal Tekin, Ali Gür

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Perspectives in psychiatric care, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

İbrahim ÖzlüEmergency Department, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0821-7592
Zeynep ÖztürkDepartment of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3368-4288
Zeynep Karaman ÖzlüDepartment of Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Anesthesiology Clinical Research Office, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8896-5461
Erdal TekinEmergency Department, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6158-0286
Ali GürEmergency Department, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7823-0266

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to determine the effects of progressive muscle relaxation exercises on the anxiety and sleep quality of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). MATERIALS AND 

methodsThis is an experimental study. Its data were collected in the infectious diseases clinic of a research hospital from May to August, 2020. This study was carried out with 67 COVID-19 patients (33 in the experimental group and 34 in the control group). The data were collected using a personal information form, the state-trait anxiety inventory, and the Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire. The progressive muscle relaxation exercises were performed twice a day for 5 days with the researcher's supervision. The data were analyzed using means, numbers, percentage distributions, the χ

resultsStatistically significant differences were found between the experimental and control groups' mean posttest scores on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire (p < 0.05). The in-group comparison of the experimental group found a statistically significant difference between their mean pretest and posttest scores on the State Anxiety Scale (p < 0.05). The in-group comparison of the control group found no statistically significant changes in their mean pretest and posttest scores on the State Anxiety Scale (p > 0.05).

conclusionThe progressive muscle relaxation exercises effectively reduced the anxiety and improved the sleep quality of patients with COVID-19.

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Autogenic TrainingCOVID-19AnxietyHumansRelaxation TherapySARS-CoV-2SleepanxietyCOVID-19progressive muscle relaxation exercisessleep quality

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PMID33651384
PMCPMC8014170

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