“A Study to Assess the Effectiveness Of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Therapy on Stress among Staff Nurses Working In Selected Hospitals at Vadodara City”

Stress is a multidimensional phenomenon which is focused on dynamic relationship between the individual and the environment. Studies indicated that medical professionals such as Medical students, Nurses and Nursing students experience many stressor agents. Hospitals are considered as one of the most stressful work environments, because there, it is the matter of humans’ death and life. Nursing profession is generally perceived as a stressful and demanding profession. It is both physically and psychologically challenging. There are various methods recommended to control or reduce the stress. Progressive Muscle Relaxation Therapy is a systematic therapy for managing stress and achieving a deep state of relaxation. It is an effective and widely used strategy for stress relief. With regular practice it gives a complete relaxation .Pre experimental one group pre test and post -test research design was adopted to achieve the goal of the study by using instrument i.e demographic data and stress assessment scale among 30 staff nurses. The findings of the study revealed that in pre test most of the nurses 53.3% had moderate stress, 40.0% had mild stress and 6.7% had severe stress. In post test most of the nurses had mild stress 73.3 % and no stress 26.7 % . It is concluded that Progressive Muscle Relaxation Therapy is effective in reducing the stress level of the staff nurses.