Hassanpour-Dehkordi Ali, Jalali Amir
Department of Medical Surgical, Nursing and Midwifery Community-Oriented (Holistic) Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Substance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Acta Med Iran. 2016 Jul;54(7):430-6.
Since the elderly population is increasing rapidly in developing countries which may decrease the physical activity and exercise and in turn could affect the elderly's quality of life, this study aimed to investigate the effect of progressive muscle relaxation on the elderly's quality of life in Iran. In a randomized clinical trial, participants were randomly divided into intervention and control groups. For the intervention group, muscular progressive relaxation was run three days per week for three months (totally 36 sessions). In relaxation, a patient contract a group of his/her muscles in each step and relaxes them after five seconds and finally loosens all muscles and takes five deep breaths. Each session lasts for 45 minutes. The instrument of data gathering consisted of questionnaires on individual's demographic data and quality of life SF-36. After intervention, quality of life increased significantly in the patients undergoing muscular progressive relaxation and fatigue severity decreased significantly in the intervention group compared to prior to intervention. In addition, there was a statistically significant difference in mean score of physical performance, restricted activity after physical problem, energy, socially function, physical pain, overall hygiene, and quality of life between intervention and control groups. By implementing regular and continuous progressive muscle relaxation, quality of life could be increased in different dimensions in the elderly and the context could be provided to age healthily and enjoy higher health and autonomy. Therefore, all of the therapeutic staffs are recommended to implement this plan to promote the elderly's quality of life.
由于发展中国家老年人口迅速增加，这可能会减少身体活动和锻炼，进而影响老年人的生活质量，本研究旨在调查渐进性肌肉松弛对伊朗老年人生活质量的影响。在一项随机临床试验中，参与者被随机分为干预组和对照组。对于干预组，每周进行三天的肌肉渐进性松弛训练，持续三个月（共36节）。在放松过程中，患者在每一步收缩一组肌肉，五秒后放松，最后放松所有肌肉并进行五次深呼吸。每节持续45分钟。数据收集工具包括关于个人人口统计学数据和生活质量SF-36的问卷。干预后，进行肌肉渐进性松弛训练的患者生活质量显著提高，与干预前相比，干预组疲劳严重程度显著降低。此外，干预组和对照组在身体表现、身体问题后的活动受限、精力、社会功能、身体疼痛、整体健康和生活质量的平均得分上存在统计学显著差异。通过实施定期和持续的渐进性肌肉松弛训练，可以在不同维度提高老年人的生活质量，并为健康老龄化提供条件，使其享有更高的健康水平和自主性。因此，建议所有治疗人员实施该计划以提高老年人的生活质量。
