Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise on Care Burden, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Levels in Dementia Caregivers

NCT06143826 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 24246
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Dementia, which leads to deterioration in cognitive and behavioral functions, is a chronic progressive disease. Since the diagnosis is made, the care needs of the patients increase. In the later stages of the disease, it becomes completely dependent on the caregiver. they are coming. Caregiving is performed by family members in developing countries such as Turkey. Family members face many difficulties in their social, work, and daily lives after they start to care. These difficulties are the burden of caregiving is called. Caregivers who perceive the burden of care also experience anxiety, stress, and depression. Jacobson progressive muscle relaxation in coping with these problems exercises can be used. This study was planned to examine the effects of progressive muscle relaxation exercises on anxiety, stress, depression, and caregiver burden in dementia caregivers.

Conditions

Caregiver Burden; Dementia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Caregiver burden

  The Zarit caregiver burden scale will be evaluated before and after the intervention. Five-point Likert-type scale and it consists of 22 statements. The scale has no subgroups. According to the score obtained from the scale: 88-61 points is a severe burden, 60-41 points is moderately severe, 40-21 points is mild to moderate, and less than 21 points is a mild or no burden.

  At the end of the 3 months, the Zarit caregiver burden scale will be applied.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Depression, anxiety and stress

  At the end of the 3 months, the Depression, anxiety and stress scale-21 will be applied.

Study Arms (1)

Dementia caregiver

EXPERIMENTAL

Caregivers will be asked to perform progressive muscle relaxation exercises 3 days a week for 3 months.

Other: Progressive muscle relaxation exercises

Interventions

Progressive muscle relaxation exercises OTHER

Progressive muscle relaxation exercises involve contracting and relaxing 16 muscle groups in the body (hand, upper arm, forearm, forehead, nose, cheek, chin, neck, shoulder, chest, abdomen, waist, stomach, calf, hip, foot). During the exercise, the individual perceives the changes in the muscles during the contraction and relaxation of the muscles. Relaxation exercise is applied along with correct and deep breathing.

Dementia caregiver

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Be over 18 years old
• Being literate
• Not having difficulties in verbal communication
• Have been caring for at least 3 months
• Being able to provide care for free
• Being the primary caregiver of the patient
• Not having a psychiatric diagnosis
• Not using medication for psychiatric illness

You may not qualify if:

• Providing care for less than 3 months
• Providing paid care

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Atlas University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Alzheimer daily life home

Istanbul, 34450, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Caregiver Burden; Dementia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Neurocognitive Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: The research is a pre-test, post-test, cross-sectional, descriptive research.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 11, 2023
• First Posted: November 22, 2023
• Study Start: March 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2023
• Study Completion: January 1, 2024
• Last Updated: June 18, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06

Locations

TU (1)