The effect of progressive muscle relaxation on the management of fatigue and quality of sleep in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomized controlled clinical trial.

Pooya Seyedi Chegeni, Mohammad Gholami, Alireza Azargoon, Amir Hossein Hossein Pour, Mehdi Birjandi, Hamed Norollahi

Journal: Complementary therapies in clinical practice 2018;31():64-70

PMID: 29705482

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To assess the effect of progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) on fatigue and sleep quality of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) stages 3 and 4.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

The pretest posttest clinical trial recruited 91 patients COPD grades 3 and 4. Following random assignment of subjects, the treatment group (n = 45) performed PMR for eight weeks and the control group (n = 46) received routine cares. At baseline and after the intervention, fatigue and sleep quality was assessed. Data obtained were analyzed in SPSS.

RESULTS

It was determined that PMR decreased patients' fatigue level and improved some sleep quality subscales including subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration and habitual sleep efficiency, but no improvement was found in global sleep quality and other sleep subscales.

CONCLUSION

An eight-week home-based PMR program can be effective in reducing fatigue and improving certain subscales of sleep quality in patients with COPD stages 3,4. (IRCT2016080124080N3).

Address: Student Research Committee, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran. Electronic address: [email protected].; Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran. Electronic address: [email protected].; Department of Internal Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran. Electronic address: [email protected].; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Student Research Committee, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran. Electronic address: [email protected].; Nutrition Health Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran. Electronic address: [email protected].; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Student Research Committee, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran. Electronic address: [email protected].

DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2018.01.010

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MeSH Terms: Autogenic Training, Fatigue, Humans, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Quality of Life, Sleep