PENGARUH PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE RELAXATION (PMR) TERHADAP KECEMASAN PASIEN COVID-19 DI RUANG ISOLASI IGD RSUD BANGIL KABUPATEN PASURUAN

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.