Toqan Dalia, Ayed Ahmad, Khalaf Inaam A
Faculty of Nursing, Arab American University, Jenin, Palestine.
School of Nursing, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
J Public Health Res. 2023 Jun 10;12(2):22799036231181668. doi: 10.1177/22799036231181668. eCollection 2023 Apr.
Intensive care units are considered stressful and emotionally risky situations by both professionals and patients and their families. The purpose was to assess the effect of progressive muscle relaxation exercise on anxiety among nursing students in intensive care units prior to clinical training.
A randomized, controlled study design was used. The study composed of 80 nursing students from Arab American University. For 2 weeks, the experimental group's 40 participants were taught progressive muscle relaxation exercises to help with anxiety control, whereas the control group's 40 participants received no training.
The results revealed that the experimental group was capable of reducing the anxiety ( < 0.05). Also, the experimental group had les anxiety (1.15 ± SD = 0.43) compared with the control group (2.83 ± SD = 0.40).
The current study's findings confirmed the effect of progressive muscle relaxation exercise (PMRE) on anxiety reduction in intensive care units during clinical training among nursing students.
重症监护病房对专业人员以及患者及其家属而言,都被视为压力大且存在情感风险的环境。目的是评估渐进性肌肉放松训练对护理专业学生在临床实习前于重症监护病房时焦虑情绪的影响。
采用随机对照研究设计。该研究由来自阿拉伯裔美国大学的80名护理专业学生组成。在两周时间里,向实验组的40名参与者教授渐进性肌肉放松训练以帮助控制焦虑,而对照组的40名参与者未接受任何训练。
结果显示实验组能够减轻焦虑(<0.05)。此外,与对照组(2.83±标准差=0.40)相比,实验组的焦虑程度更低(1.15±标准差=0.43)。
本研究结果证实了渐进性肌肉放松训练(PMRE)对护理专业学生临床实习期间在重症监护病房减轻焦虑的效果。