Effect of progressive muscle relaxation exercise on anxiety among nursing students prior to critical care clinical training
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Introduction: 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. Method: 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. Results: The results revealed that the experimental group was capable of reducing the anxiety ( p < 0.05). Also, the experimental group had les anxiety (1.15 ± SD = 0.43) compared with the control group (2.83 ± SD = 0.40). Conclusion: 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.
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PMR has been proven to reduce college students' anxiety and stress and boost happiness.
“PMR has been proven to reduce college students’ anxiety and stress and boost happiness [56, 57].”
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The Results (page unavailable) report significantly lower anxiety among nursing students who received PMR, and the Discussion cites studies reporting reduced stress in nursing students. This study measured anxiety, not stress or happiness, and its findings concern nursing students before critical-care clinical training rather than college students generally. The Introduction mentions a study of happiness, but this paper does not report that PMR boosted happiness. (LLM, conf=0.87)
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- Authors
- Toqan, D., Ayed, A., & Khalaf, I. A.
- Affiliations
- Arab American University (PS)
- University of Jordan (JO)
- Corresponding author
- Ayed, Ahmad
- Venue
- Journal of Public Health Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2023-04
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 22799036231181668-22799036231181668
- ISSN
- 2279-9036 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC10272653
- OpenAlex
- W4380201549
- Cited by
- 19
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1
- FWCI
- 5.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Public Health Research (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Music Therapy and Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Keywords
- progressive muscle relaxation, anxiety, nursing students, intensive care unit, clinical teaching, relaxation training, nursing education
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