Benazir, V (2016) A study to assess the effectiveness of Jacobson progressive muscle relaxation technique among anxiety disorder clients attending Out Patient Department, Institute of Mental Health, at Chennai-10. Masters thesis, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, Chennai.
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Abstract
Mentally healthy person are the need in the society, but a person living in the world without any psychological problems is not at all a possible one. Life is full of task in which getting anxious forever a small incidents and it worsens the body health physically and psychologically. STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: A study to assess the effectiveness of Jacobson progressive muscle relaxation technique among anxiety disorder clients attending outpatient department, Institute of Mental Health, at Chennai -10. OBJECTIVES: 1. To identify the socio demographic variables of the anxiety disorder clients. 2. To assess the pre test level of anxiety before Jacob muscle relaxation technique therapy intervention. 3. To evaluate the post test level of anxiety after Jacobson progressive muscle relaxation technique intervention. 4. To determine the effectiveness of the Jacobson progressive muscle relaxation technique intervention. 5. To find association between selected demographic variables with reduction of anxiety among the clients by Jacobson progressive muscle relaxation technique. 6. The population of the study mentally ill clients with anxiety attending outpatient department in selected Institute of Mental Health, at Chennai. Study design The research design selected for this study is one group pretest and posttest design. Sampling techniques The techniques were selected simple random technique based on the inclusive criteria. Data collection procedure Jacobson muscle relaxation technique is a therapy that focus on tighten and relaxing specific muscles among anxiety disorder clients. practiced twice a day 45 minutes daily for one week. After the 4th week effectiveness was assessed for each individual of clients Data Analysis: demographic variables and clinical variables were analysed with descriptive statistics (percentage mean standard deviation) and correlated the chi square) Study Result: the pretest score is 37.63 and the post test score is 19,78, so the difference is 17.85. The difference between pretest and posttest is large and it is statistically significant. Differences between pretest and post test was analysed using paired t-test. Discussion: Anxiety is the prominent symptom of all mentally ill clients. Jacobson progressive muscle relaxation technique helps to reduce the symptoms. Fear, palpitation, insomnia, anxious mood, autonomic symptoms. P=0.001 statistically significant. Conclusion: This study reveals that there was a significant reduction in anxiety of mentally ill clients attending outpatient department in institute of mental health.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Jacobson Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique ; Anxiety Disorder Clients ; Outpatient ; Institute of Mental Health ; Chennai. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Psychiatric Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jul 2017 07:49 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Feb 2018 02:35 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/1011 |
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