Author(s):
Maheswari Thapa, Debarchana Mandal, Shipra Modak
Email(s):
maheswarithapa25@gmail.com , debarchanamndl80@gmail.com , shipra.modak@gmail.com
DOI:
10.5958/2349-2996.2019.00065.X 
Address:
Maheswari Thapa1, Debarchana Mandal2, Shipra Modak3
1Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Aliah University, Park Circus Campus, Beniapukur, Kolkata
2Senior Lecturer, West Bengal Govt. College of Nursing, SSKM Hospital Campus, Kolkata
3Senior Lecturer, West Bengal Govt. College of Nursing, SSKM Hospital Campus, Kolkata
*Corresponding Author
Published In:
Volume - 9,
Issue - 3,
Year - 2019
ABSTRACT:
A quasi experimental time series research design was adopted to find out the effect of Jacobson’s Progressive Muscle Relaxation (JPMR) technique on the stress of elderly living in selected old age homes, Kolkata with the objectives to assess the pre-test level of stress among elderly in both experimental and control group, to find out the effect of JPMR technique on level of stress in experimental group and to compare the effect of JPMR technique between experimental and control group. The conceptual framework was based on J. W. Kenny’s Open System Model. The non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to select 60 elderly (30 in each experimental and control group). A semi structured interview schedule and Perceived Stress Questionnaire were used to collect the data. The study findings showed that most of the elderly in experimental group (46.67%) and control group (50%) experienced moderate level of stress. The findings also showed that the JPMR technique was effective in reducing stress in experimental group as evident from ‘t’ value of 10.77 [‘t’df (29) =3.66] at 0.001 level of significance. The JPMR technique was effective in reducing stress in experimental group than control group as evident from ‘t’ value of 2.21 [‘t’ df (58) =2.01] at 0.05 level of significance. This study has several implications in nursing education, practice, administration and research. The study was concluded with recommendations for conducting on larger samples for better generalization of the findings and a comparative study with different relaxation techniques used in stress management.
Cite this article:
Maheswari Thapa, Debarchana Mandal, Shipra Modak. Effect of Jacobson’s Progressive Muscle Relaxation (JPMR) Technique on stress of elderly living in selected old age homes, Kolkata. Asian J. Nursing Education and Research. 2019; 9(3):301-304. doi: 10.5958/2349-2996.2019.00065.X
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Maheswari Thapa, Debarchana Mandal, Shipra Modak. Effect of Jacobson’s Progressive Muscle Relaxation (JPMR) Technique on stress of elderly living in selected old age homes, Kolkata. Asian J. Nursing Education and Research. 2019; 9(3):301-304. doi: 10.5958/2349-2996.2019.00065.X Available on: https://ajner.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2019-9-3-5