WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Hemant, Bhavya Swami and Shatrughan Pareek*

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Progressive muscle relaxation therapy is a systematic therapy for managing stress and achieving a deep state of relaxation that has been effectively used to control stress and anxiety relieve insomnia, and reduce symptoms of the stress. The study was conducted with aim to assess the effectiveness of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Therapy on stress among staff nurses. Methodology: In the present study 60 staff nurses were selected using non probability convenient sampling method. Present study was conducted at selected hospitals at Sri Ganganagar. Results: The data shows that in pretest 50% staff nurses having mild stress, 41.66% having moderate stress, 8.33% having severe stress, and in post test the 41.66% staff nurses have no stress, 53.33% had mild stress, 5% having moderate stress and no staff nurses having severe stress. The comparison of pre-test and post-test stress score showed that there was a significant reduction in stress scores of staff nurses after administration of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Therapy. Conclusion: The study findings concluded that staff nurses had higher stress score before administering Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Therapy after administering the progressive Muscle Relaxation Therapy the stress score had been reduced.

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