This randomised controlled experimental type study will be conducted with family members who care for the relatives of hemiplegic patients who are hospitalised in Manisa Merkezefendi and Turgutlu State Hospital Physical Therapy Services.
The population of the study will consist of the caregivers of hemiplegic patients receiving treatment in the clinic on the specified dates in Turgutlu State Hospital and Manisa Merkezefendi State Hospital Physical Therapy Service. The sample will consist of individuals who meet the inclusion criteria. Individuals in Turgutlu State Hospital will constitute the intervention group of the study and individuals in Manisa Merkezefendi State Hospital will constitute the control group of the study. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of progressive relaxation exercises applied to family members caring for hemiplegic patients on caregiving burden and meaning of life. In the intervention group, those who agree to participate in the study will be asked to fill in the Patient and Patient Relative Form, Cheltanhams Patient Classification Scale, Caregiving Burden Scale and Meaning and Purpose of Life Scale, which include personal information and information about the patient. Relaxation exercises will be explained and demonstrated by the researcher (Funda AKTÜRK) once a day for 1 month starting from the hospitalisation to the clinic and will be played on the computer. You will be asked to perform these exercises after listening to the video (CD). Relaxation exercises are exercises based on stretching and relaxing your muscles. Before the application, in the middle of the application (15th day) and at the end of the application, all forms except the introduction form will be filled in again. In the Control Group, those who agree to participate in the study will be asked to fill in the;Patient and Patient Relative Form, Cheltanhams Patient Classification Scale, Caregiving Burden Scale and Meaning and Purpose of Life Scale, which include personal information and information about the patient. The control group will be asked to fill in the forms at the same time as the intervention group without any intervention. If requested, progressive relaxation exercises will be applied to the control group after the end of the study
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
60
The intervention group will take one month progressive relaxation exercise starting from the hospitalisation to the clinic
Manisa Celal Bayar University
Manisa, Yunusemre, Turkey (Türkiye)
RECRUITINGCare burden
Caregiving Burden Scale was used. The scale has a Likert-type evaluation ranging from 0 to 4 in the form of never, rarely, sometimes, frequently, often, or almost always. A minimum score of 0 and a maximum score of 88 can be obtained from the scale. The items in the scale are generally related to the social and emotional domain, and a high scale score indicates that the distress experienced is high.
Time frame: 30 day
The meaning and purpose of life
Meaning and Purpose of Life Scale was used. The Life's Meaning and Purpose Scale, which is prepared in Likert style and answered by marking one of the options of strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree and strongly disagree according to frequency, consists of a total of (17) items including (11) positive and (6) negative statements. The options ticked for positive statements are evaluated by scoring as strongly agree (5), agree (4), undecided (3), disagree (2) and strongly disagree (1) respectively, while the options ticked for negative statements are evaluated by scoring in reverse order as strongly agree (1), agree (2), undecided (3), disagree (4) and strongly disagree (5). The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is (17x1=17) and the highest score is (17x5=85). A high score indicates a high level of meaning in individuals' lives, while a low score indicates a low level of meaning.
Time frame: 30 day
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