The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of progressive muscle relaxation therapy on mood state and job stress of clinical nurses, finally to purpose the bases of nursing intervention to increased of work efficiency and job satisfaction.
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The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of progressive muscle relaxation therapy on mood state and job stress of clinical nurses, finally to purpose the bases of nursing intervention to increased of work efficiency and job satisfaction.
The research design was a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design.
The subjects of this study were clinical nurses, who were working for 1-5 years in medical ward and surgical ward from C-University medical center in Seoul. This study was conducted from May 12 to July 25, 2000.
Two groups consist of subjects assigned: one the experimental group(23 nurses), and the other the control group(27 nurses).
The progressive muscle relaxation therapy was performed 5 weeks to experimental group. The experimental group participated in the progressive muscle relaxation training sessions for 20minutes twice a week during five weeks.
The level of job stress was measured by nurses occupational stress scale. The level of Psychological response was measured by Profile of mood state.
The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, X²-test, t-test, paired t-test.
The results of study were as follows:
1. “The experimental group who used relaxation therapy will have more reduction of job stress level after therapy than control group who didn't use relaxation therapy.” was accepted.
2. “The experimental group who used relaxation therapy will have more reduction of profile of mood state level after therapy than control group who didn't use relaxation therapy.” was accepted. And the experimental group in mood state within six factor appeared statistically significant at 0.05 level in anxiety, depression than the control group.
In conclusion, This study reveals that the Progressive Muscle Relaxation Therapy is effective in reduction of nurse's job stress and promotion of mood state. So the researcher thinks that it is useful in reduction of job stress and increased of job satisfaction in hospital.