Effectiveness of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique on Reduction of Stress among Cancer patients under went CSI Mission Hospital, Neyyoor

A study to assess the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation technique on reduction of stress among cancer patients under went CSI Mission Hospital, Neyyoor. TamilNadu was conducted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of a degree master of science in Nursing under the Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai. The research design was quasi experimental design. Sample size was 80; purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the pre test level of stress among cancer patients of experimental group and control group. 2. To assess the post test level of stress among cancer patients of experimental group and control group. 3. To evaluate the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation in reducing stress among cancer patients in experimental group. 4. To find out the association between the post test level of stress among cancer patients and selected demographic variables in experimental group. 5. To find out the association between the post test level of stress among cancer patients and selected demographic variable in control group. The study was based on J.W.Kenny’s open system model. HYPOTHESES: Four hypotheses were formulated and tested. H1 : The mean post test level of stress will be significantly lower than the mean pretest level of stress among the experimental group. H2 : The mean post test level of stress among the experimental groups who received progressive muscle relaxation technique will be significantly lower than the mean posttest level of stress among the control groups. H3 : There will be a significant association between post test levels of stress among experimental group and their selected demographic variables such as age, sex, education, occupation, area of residence, type of family, helping people, monthly income. H4 : There will be a significant association between post test levels of stress among control group and their selected demographic variables such as age, sex, education, occupation, area of residence, type of family, helping people, monthly income. MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE STUDY: In Experimental Group ❖ Majority of the subjects 30(75%) were above 40 years. ❖ Majority of the subjects 21(52.5%) were male. ❖ Majority of the subjects17 (42.5%) were illiterate. ❖ Majority of the subjects 28 (70.0%) were employee. ❖ Majority of the subjects 29 (72.5%) were rural area. ❖ Majority of the subjects 37 (92.5%) were nuclear family. ❖ 45% of the subjects (18) were family members. ❖ 40% of the subjects( 16) were above Rs.3000 The case of control group subjects, • Majority of the subjects 26 (65%) were above 40 years. • Majority of the subjects 23 (57.5%) were male. • 45%of the subjects (17) were primary education. • Most of the subjects 32 (80%) were employee. • Majority of the subjects 32 (80%) were rural area. • Majority of the subjects39 (97.5%) were joint family. • Majority of the subjects 32 (80%) were family members. • 45% of the subjects( 18) were above Rs.3000. Overall result shows that there is an association on selected demographic variables such as age, sex, education, occupation, area of residence, type of family, helping people, monthly income. RECOMMENDATIONS: Based on the findings of the study, the investigator proposed the following recommendations for the study. The previous reviews and the present study indicate the progressive muscle relaxation technique is the best option to reduce the stress since it has no side effects and non invasive. So this study strongly recommended using, progressive muscle relaxation technique reducing stress among cancer patient. 1. A comparative study may be done between effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation and other pharmacolological methods. 2. A comparative study may be undertaken between effectiveness of music therapy and relaxation therapy. 3. A similar study can be replicated on a large scale with different demographic variables to generalize the findings. 4. A comparative study may be done between effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation technique and guided imagery among cancer patient. CONCLUSION: As for this research is concerned, the intervention proved effective, as there was a significant reduction of stress among cancer patient. The pre test and post test mean and standard deviation value can be calculated, since the standard deviation and standard errors were zero. The paired "t" test was applied for identifying the significant/difference. The reduction of stress was statistically highly significant (p.0.05%) from the above results. According to hypotheses, the progressive muscle relaxation significantly reduce the stress was accepted. Therefore the progressive muscle relaxation technique is very effective form non-pharmacological intervention to relieve stress among cancer patients as it is non invasive and no side effects were reported. The findings of the present study agree with the findings of previous clinical study, regarding progressive muscle relaxation technique