A study to assess the effectiveness of Jacobson’s progressive muscle relaxation technique on blood pressure and stress among hypertensive clients at selected hospital in Indore

Abstract

The concept of research design refers to the comprehensive strategy employed to tackle a research question, which includes guidelines aimed at bolstering the study's validity (Polit and Beck, 2004). Hypertension is often referred to as a silent killer, akin to an ice floe, and it constitutes a significant risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. A quasi-experimental study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of Jacobson’s progressive muscle relaxation therapy in lowering blood pressure among patients with hypertension. This research was conducted at Index Medical College, where a sample of 100 hypertensive patients was selected using a non-probability purposive sampling technique. Subsequently, 25 patients were randomly assigned to either the experimental or control group. The initial assessment was conducted using a sphygmomanometer on the first day of the study. Subsequently, participants were assigned to Jacobson’s Progressive Muscle Relaxation therapy, which was administered once daily for a duration of seven days. The final blood pressure measurements were taken on the seventh day of the study. To evaluate the differences in blood pressure levels between the experimental and control groups, the Wilcoxon test was employed. The mean systolic blood pressure score recorded post-intervention was 129.12, which is a reduction from the pretest score of 143.92. Similarly, the mean diastolic blood pressure score post-intervention was 86.48, lower than the pretest diastolic blood pressure of 98.16 in the experimental group. The results of the