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Study aim
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to determine the effect of balance exercises on the quality of sleep of patients with heart failure
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Design
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A randomized clinical trial on 55 patients
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Settings and conduct
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Heshmatieh Sabzevar Hospital Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation department. The questionnaire divides patients into two groups with good sleep quality and poor sleep quality. Then, using the random assignment method and R software, and using 4 permutation blocks, we divide the patients who have poor sleep quality into two intervention and control groups. Then the intervention group is taught balance exercises.The total duration training will be four times a week for eight weeks At the end of this familiarization session,. They are asked to do exercises at home 2-3 hours before sleeping at night. After two months of the intervention, the sleep quality questionnaire is again given to the control and intervention groups and their sleep quality is evaluated.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Entry criteria: at least one month has passed since their heart failure diagnosis, being in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd class of heart failure. suffering from sleep disorders, interested in participating in the study and having full consciousness. Non-entry criteria: patients with severe insufficiency who are in grade 4, patients with movement and physical limitations, patients with joint and skeletal diseases, patients diagnosed with respiratory apnea, patients who are willing Patients who suffer from deterioration of their physical condition and intolerance during the study and symptoms such as shortness of breath, dizziness, extreme fatigue, etc
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Intervention groups
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We teach the intervention group balance exercises, they do them for 2 months, and then we measure their sleep quality. In the control group we only measure their sleep quality after 2 months.
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Main outcome variables
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Balance exercises, sleep quality