Progressive Muscle Relaxation Training on Reducing Anxiety in Chronic Disease Patients in the Elderly

Abstract

Hypertension is a condition experienced by a person with an increase in blood pressure above normal consistently where the systolic pressure is above 140 mmHg and the diastolic pressure is above 90 mmHg. One of the anxiety management methods is by psychotherapy. One of the anxiety management methods with psychotherapy methods is by conducting progressive muscle relaxation therapy. Progressive Muscle Relaxation is a relaxation technique to get a feeling of relaxation, so that it can reduce anxiety and stress. The purpose of the study was to determine the application of Progressive Muscle Relaxation therapy to reduce anxiety in people with hypertension. This study used the quasi-experimental deshain method (quasi-experimental design), with the design used being the one group pretest and post test design. This design does not use a comparison group (control), but uses the first observation (pretest) which allows testing the changes that occur after treatment or post test. The number of respondents was 26, obtained a p value of 0.000 (p <0.05). So it can be concluded that there is a difference in the average value of the pre-test & post-test anxiety levels, so that there is an effect of progressive muscle relaxation therapy on the anxiety of the elderly with chronic diseases at the Melati integrated health service post.