ABSTRACT

Aim: To assess the effects of progressive muscle therapy on level of stress among nursing teachers working in selected colleges of vadodara. Materials & Methods: Pre-experimental research design was adopted in the present study. Research process carried out in three steps informed concern was taken before doing procedure. Step-1: Working related stress assessment scale (self structured) was used to find out level of stress among nursing teachers. Based on the result 42 nursing teachers were selected from the different nursing institute. In step-2: Progressive Muscle Relaxation Therapy was demonstrated and advised to perform twice in a day for seven days. In Step-3: On seventh day, stress level was reexamined to know the effectiveness of PMRT. The statistics used for the study is inferential and paired ‘t’ test used to find out effectiveness. We conducted the study in selected colleges of vadodara as follows: Sumandeep Nursing college, Nupur Nursing college, Indu nursing college, and Royal institute of nursing. The total number of the sample collected are 42 nursing teachers. Result: Before administration of the progressive muscle relaxation therapy ten (23.8%) samples showing no stress, twentyseven (64.3%) samples showing mild stress and five(11.9%) sample having moderate stress. And after the administration of progressive muscle therapy the seventeen (40.5%) samples were showing no stress and twenty-five (59.5%) samples showing mild stress. there are no samples having moderate stress and severe level of stress. There are significant difference in the level of stress before and after administering Progressive muscle relaxation therapy. Conclusion: The result indicated that progressive muscle relaxation therapy to be effective to reduce stress among the nursing teachers. These conclude that the PMRT is used in the other personnel like who suffer from the stress. Keywords: Nursing teachers, Progressive muscle relaxation therapy, Stress, Nursing Colleges
Publication date: 01/12/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.12.1002