TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Effect of Stretching Exercises on Sleep Quality in
Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Restless Legs Syndrome
AU - Ardebili, Fatemeh Mohades AU - Moeini, Zahra AU - Ghezeljeh, Tahereh Najafi AU - Hosseini, Agha Fatemeh 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 6
SP  - 1123
EP  - 1127
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2017.1123.1127
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2017.1123.1127
KW  - Diabetes
KW  -sleep quality
KW  -restless leg syndrome
KW  -stretching exercises
KW  -severity of symptoms
AB  - Restless leg syndrome is a sensory-motor disorder with an unknown cause that is highly prevalent
among patients with diabetes and causes severe sleep disturbance. The study aimed to investigate the effect
of stretching exercises on sleep quality in type 2 diabetic patients with restless legs syndrome. This
is a semi-experimental clinical trial study with control group that was conductedon 80 patients admitted to
endocrine ward of Firoozgar Hospital in 1394. Samples were selected through convenient method. The cards
were prepared based on the number of samples the word “control” was written on the half of cards and the word
“intervention” on the other half. Then, all the cards were placed in a bag. Every patient was asked to take a card
out of the bag and then included in a group. Stretching exercises were performed for 3 nights for 30 min before
bedtime to patients in the intervention group and patients in the control group received usual care. The data
was collected through Pittsburgh sleep quality the severity of RLS and Restless Leg Syndrome screening
questionnaires. The data were analyzed by Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney tests in SPSS Version 22. The results
showed that there is a statistical significant differencein the mean and standard deviation of the two groups
after intervention (p<0/001) indicating the positive effect of stretching exercises to improve sleep quality in
patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Also, the results of comparing sleep quality before and after the
intervention was not significant in control group (p = 1) while the comparison in the intervention group was
significant (p<0/001). The results of this study suggest that stretching exercises of leg is effective on improving
sleep quality in patients with restless leg syndrome so thecare and treatment staff including nurses are
recommended to apply this procedure in the care of type 2 diabetic patients with restless legs syndrome in order
to improve sleep quality and reduce the severity of symptoms.
ER  -