A pre experimental study to assess the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation technique on selected psychological parameters among patients with mental illness from selected rehabilitation centers and hospitals of pune city.

Abstract

Mental health is critical to being a whole and healthy person, and increasing awareness is critical to reducing the stigma of mental health disorders and treatment. 1 in 5 adults lives with a mental illness. 10.7% of the world suffers from some form of mental illness. According to mental health statistics, 2021 Over 970 Millions of individuals worldwide suffer from a mental illness. The present study title: “A pre experimental study to assess the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation technique on selected psychological parameters among patients with mental illness from selected rehabilitation centers and hospitals of Pune city”. The objective of the study was evaluate the psychological status of a patient’s condition before to the progressive muscle relaxation test technique, to assess the psychological parameters of mentally ill patient after the test of progressive muscle relaxation technique, to compare the pre and post test of psychological parameters, to associate the pretest psychological parameters with selected demographical variables. To find out the association with selected demographic variables. Material and Methods: In present study, researcher adopted Pre- experimental research design was used. It was carried out on 50 samples. The Non-probability purposive sampling strategy was adopted. Data was collected using DASS 21 scale. Result: The findings shows that In depression patient‘s 31.25% was at normal level whereas in the level of anxiety 29.17% was at normal level of anxiety and in level of stress majority 31.25% was at normal level of stress. In schizophrenia patients 27.45% was at normal level of depression whereas in level of anxiety 29.41% was at normal level of anxiety In substance abuse patients majority 25.49% was at normal level of depression whereas in the level of anxiety majority 27.45% was at normal level of anxiety and in level of stress   majority 25.49% was at normal level of stress. There is a significant association between age and anxiety. Conclusion: The study's results indicated that there was a substantial difference in terms of effectiveness for lowering sadness, stress, and tension among mentally ill individuals. As a result of the study's findings, it was concluded that all nursing students should be taught progressive muscle relaxation in order to control the psychological parameters among patients with mental illness.