Abstract:
The management of Covid-19 patients in the isolation room is a very
appropriate form of action for now. In its implementation, a new problem appears
that almost all confirmed patients feel, namely anxiety. This problem is a form of
management weakness in managing the patient's psychological condition during
treatment. This study aims to determine the effect of progressive muscle
relaxation on the anxiety of Covid-19 patients who are treated in the ICU isolation
room. The design of this study used a one group pre-post test design. The
population in this study were all COVID-19 patients who were treated in the ER
isolation room at Bangil Hospital, Pasuruan Regency. The sampling technique of
this research is purposive sampling so that the research sample is 20 people. Using
research instruments in the form of SAP, laptops, and questionnaires. Analysis of
the data using the Wilcoxon test and Paired t-test. The results of this study
indicate that the significance of the Wilcoxon test shows a p value of 0.001 less
than (0.05) and further evidenced by the Paired t-test test, the correlation
coefficient point is 0.742 with a significance of less than 0.001 this indicates that
the hypothesis is accepted. Most of the respondents experienced moderate levels
of anxiety before being given the intervention of progressive muscle relaxation
therapy, namely 13 people (65%) and after being given the intervention of
progressive muscle relaxation therapy, most of them experienced a change in the
level of anxiety to mild, namely 14 people (70%). , there were still 2 respondents
who had fixed knowledge (ties), most of the respondents (90%) experienced a
change in their level of anxiety for the better than those who previously
experienced moderate to mild anxiety after being given progressive muscle
relaxation therapy intervention. The results of the study showed that there were
significant differences in the results of the pre-test and post-test of the group of
Covid-19 patients who were given the intervention of progressive muscle
relaxation therapy. Progressive muscle relaxation is an effective therapy used to
reduce anxiety levels in COVID-19 patients who are treated in isolation rooms.
