Sreeja, V (2015) A study to assess the effectiveness of relaxation therapy on stress and anxiety among caregivers of mentally ill patients in Sneka Mind Care Centre at Tirunelveli. Masters thesis, Thasiah College of Nursing, Marthandam.
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Abstract
A study to assess the effectiveness of relaxation therapy on Stress and Anxiety among caregivers of mentally ill patients in Sneka Mind Care Centre at Tirunelveli. The objectives of the study is to assess the Stress and Anxiety level of caregivers of mentally ill patients and to find out the effectiveness of relaxation therapy. Quantitative research approach with pre experimental - one group pre test and post test design was adopted to this study. The study was conducted among the caregivers of mentally ill patients at Sneka Mind Care Centre at Tirunelveli. Convenience sampling technique was adopted to select 60 caregivers of mentally ill patients. Data collection was done by using caregivers Stress assessment scale and Beck Anxiety Inventory. Relaxation therapy was administered for the samples. The data gathered were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistical method and interpretation was done on the basis of the objectives of the study. The findings revealed that there was highly significant difference in level of Stress and Anxiety among caregivers of mentally ill patients after rendering the relaxation therapy. During pre test, in caregivers Stress assessment the analysis of pre test out of 60 samples 47 (78.3%) had moderate level of Stress and 13 (21.6%) had severe level of Stress. In Modified Beck Anxiety Inventory Scale the analysis of pre test out of 60 samples 38(63.3%) had moderate Anxiety and 22(36.6%) had severe anxiety. So it indicates that moderate and severe level of Stress and Anxiety was common among caregivers of mentally ill Patients and they require some relaxation measure. In post test care givers Stress assessment, the mean post test score was 23.4 and standard deviation was 7.29. The mean difference was 28.5. The obtained paired ‘t ‘ test value 20.26 which is more than the table value at 0.05 level of significance. In Modified Beck Anxiety Inventory Scale, the mean post test score was 26.3 and standard deviation was 5.62.The mean difference is 25. The obtained paired ‘t’ test value 21.36 which is more than the table value at 0.05 level of significance. Hence the research hypothesis (H1) was accepted and it was inferred that relaxation therapy is effective in reducing the level of Stress and Anxiety among caregivers of mentally ill patients. From the results of the study it is concluded that rendering relaxation therapy to the caregivers of mentally ill patients was effective in reducing Stress and anxiety. The caregivers of mentally ill patients with Stress and Anxiety can include this therapy in their routine activities. The caregivers leisure time may be enough and utilized for doing this relaxation therapy.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Relaxation Therapy ; Stress And anxiety ; Caregivers of Mentally ill Patients ; Sneka Mind Care Centre ; Tirunelveli. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Psychiatric Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2017 07:10 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Feb 2018 03:32 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/1848 |
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