The Effect of 4-7-8 Breathing Exercise Training on Sleep Quality

NCT06103344 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Kilis7AralikU-02
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 82
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Research; it will be carried out Kilis 7 Aralik University Yusuf Serefoglu Health Sciences Faculty, Department of Nursing. The training will take approximately 20 minutes in an empty classroom and will be planned when the students' classes finish. Thus, educational activities in the institution will not be disrupted. Participants will be asked to do the taught exercise in half an hour before going to sleep every evening during the research period (4 weeks). Training will begin when the determined number of samples is reached. The training will be terminated when the 4-week research period determined to see the effect of the application expires.

Conditions

Nursing Students

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index

  Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index evaluates sleep quality in the last month, contains a total of 24 questions.

  This measurement will be repeated at the beginning of the study and at the end of the 4th week.

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: 4-7-8 Breathing Exercise Training

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

4-7-8 Breathing Exercise Training BEHAVIORAL

Participants in the intervention group will be taught 4-7-8 breathing exercises collectively, and the training will be repeated on specified days (twice a week for a total of 4 weeks). During the training, it will be checked whether each participant in the intervention group can perform the breathing exercise correctly and feedback will be given. Participants who fail to implement the exercise will be excluded from the study. 4-7-8 breathing exercise training, prepared in accordance with the literature, will be given by the assistant researcher who has training and certification in breathing exercises. Training will be planned in an empty classroom, for approximately 20 minutes and at the students' end time. Thus, educational activities in the institution will not be disrupted.

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Volunteer
• Studying in a nursing undergraduate program
• There is no condition that prevents nasal breathing (such as septal deviation)
• No known chronic sleeping disorder

You may not qualify if:

• No studying in a nursing undergraduate program
• There is condition that prevents nasal breathing (such as septal deviation)
• Having any chronic sleeping disorder

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Uğur Doğan: lead

Study Sites (1)

Kilis 7 Aralık University

Kilis, Center, 79100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Officials

• Uğur Doğan, PhD

  Kilis 7 Aralik University

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 23, 2023
• First Posted: October 26, 2023
• Study Start: December 4, 2023
• Primary Completion: January 17, 2024
• Study Completion: February 6, 2024
• Last Updated: April 25, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)