Nursing Department, Bingol University Faculty of Health Sciences, Bingol, Turkey.
Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Inonu University Faculty of Nursing, Malatya, Turkey.
Int J Nurs Pract. 2023 Jun;29(3):e13015. doi: 10.1111/ijn.13015. Epub 2021 Sep 26.
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of progressive muscle relaxation on sleep quality and fatigue in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
This randomized controlled study was conducted with 72 patients with rheumatoid arthritis who applied to the rheumatology outpatient clinic of a university hospital between January and May 2018. The data were collected using the Patient Information Form, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Fatigue Severity Scale. After the patients in the intervention group completed the forms, patients were given training with regard to the application of progressive muscle relaxation which they subsequently performed, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Fatigue Severity Scale forms were repeated after 6 weeks.
After performing progressive muscle relaxation for 6 weeks, the total score of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the fatigue score decreased among patients in the intervention group; no change was observed among the patients in the control group. A statistical difference was found between the two groups in terms of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index's and Fatigue Severity Scale's mean scores.
Progressive muscle relaxation can be recommended to enhanced sleep quality and reduce fatigue in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
本研究旨在探讨渐进性肌肉松弛对类风湿关节炎患者睡眠质量和疲劳的影响。
这是一项于 2018 年 1 月至 5 月在一所大学医院的风湿科门诊进行的随机对照研究，共纳入 72 例类风湿关节炎患者。研究采用患者信息表、匹兹堡睡眠质量指数和疲劳严重程度量表收集数据。干预组患者填写完表格后，对其进行渐进性肌肉松弛应用方面的培训，然后在 6 周后重复填写匹兹堡睡眠质量指数和疲劳严重程度量表。
经过 6 周的渐进性肌肉松弛训练，干预组患者的匹兹堡睡眠质量指数总分和疲劳评分均降低；而对照组患者则无变化。两组在匹兹堡睡眠质量指数和疲劳严重程度量表的平均评分上存在统计学差异。
渐进性肌肉松弛可以推荐用于改善类风湿关节炎患者的睡眠质量和减轻疲劳。
