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Patients with heart failure will be entered. Participants will be randomized to one of three study arms: Arm 1: Classical massage, Arm 2: Relaxation, Arm 3: Control Hypothesis: Classical Massage and Benson Muscle Relaxation will decrease frequency, severity, discomfort of symptoms and improve quality of life.
Previous reports have revealed that classical massage and Benson relaxation exercise are promising for physiological parameters such as respiratory rate, pulse, blood pressure in heart failure patients. On the other hand, research examining effects of these approaches on physical symptom status that is including dyspnea, orthopnea, fatigue, chest pain, peripheral edema, sleep problems and dizziness and quality of life is limited. The present study investigates the effects of classical massage and Benson relaxation exercise in a single-site, 3-arm, randomized, controlled study of 96 patients with heart failure. Arm 1: Classical massage; Arm 2: Benson relaxation exercise; Arm 3: Control. The investigators hypothesize that Classical Massage and Benson relaxation exercise will decrease frequency, severity, discomfort of symptoms and improve quality of life.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Classical Massage | Experimental | Patients will receive a total of fourteen individual applied classical massage sessions, twice daily for seven days, each session lasting 30 minutes. |
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| Relaxation | Experimental | Patients will receive a total of fourteen individual counseling sessions, in a quiet room, twice daily for seven days, each session lasting 20 minutes. |
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| Control | Other | Patients will continue to receive standard nursing care and no further intervention will be made during the research. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Classical Massage | Behavioral | During the first interview, a booklet explaining the introduction, purpose, benefits and application steps of hand-foot massage will be given to the patients in the classical massage group. Hand and foot massage will be applied to the patients for 30 minutes in the form of right hand five minutes, left hand five minutes, right foot ten minutes, left foot ten minutes, using liquid vaseline in each session twice a day in the patient's own bed with individual applied sessions by the researcher. Patients will receive a total of 14 sessions of classical massage, twice a day, for seven days. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in symptom status | Symptom status will be measured based on patient report by the Symptom Status Questionnaire-Heart Failure . Higher score means increase in symptom burden. | Baseline measurements, at the end of 7th day and two weeks after the completion of the interventions |
| Change in quality of life | Quality of live will be measured by the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire. Higher scores on the scale mean worse quality of life. | Baseline measurements, at the end of 7th day and two weeks after the completion of the interventions |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Zehra Gok Metın, Assos.Prof. | Hacettepe University | Study Director |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Ankara University Medical Faculty Ibni Sina Hospital Cardiology Clinic | Ankara | 06100 | Turkey (Türkiye) |
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| ID | Term |
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| D006333 | Heart Failure |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| ID | Term |
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| D006331 | Heart Diseases |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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| Benson Relaxation Exercise | Behavioral | During the first interview, patients will be given a booklet explaining the description, purpose, benefits and application steps of the Benson relaxation exercise. With individual counseling sessions, a total of 14 sessions of Benson relaxation exercises will be performed in a quiet room, twice a day for seven days, each session lasting 20 minutes. At the beginning of the application, patients will focus on their breaths by taking slow and natural breaths with the researchers' commands and will quietly say to yourself the words of the focus, sound, sentence or prayer they choose, which are meaningful to them. |
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| Control | Other | Patients will continue to receive standard nursing care and no further intervention will be made during the research. |
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