Effects of Classical Massage and Benson Relaxation Exercise on Symptom Status and Quality of Life in Heart Failure Patients
Effects of Classical Massage and Benson Relaxation Exercise on Symptom Status and Quality of Life in Heart Failure Patients
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.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Being at least primary school graduates,

 -  Being over 18 years old

 -  Being diagnosed Stage III-IV with heart failure

 -  Not using any other complementary or integrative therapy during the study period

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Having an additional disease such as advanced stage chronic obstructive pulmonary
 disease, asthma, cancer

 -  Stage I-II diagnosed with heart failure

 -  Having an active thrombosis

 -  Having a coagulation problem

 -  Not volunteering to participate in the research

 -  Patients who have been hospitalized for 5 days or less and discharged before five days
 after the start of the application.