The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercise on Pain Level, Sleep Quality and Analgesic Consumption

The intervention planned within the scope of the research are the Progressive Relaxation Exercise application. Patients in the intervention group undergoing open heart surgery will be given training on progressive relaxation exercise in the patient's room the day before the surgery. Correct breathing techniques will be taught and the relaxation exercises will be performed by using audio recordings. Afterwards, the relaxation exercise will be provided to the patient to practice the progressive relaxation exercise with mp3 accompaniment. After open heart surgery, progressive relaxation exercise will be applied to the patient on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd days of his admission to the service. The patient will be asked to perform the progressive relaxation exercise twice a day, once during the day and once in the evening.