Abstract
Anxiety neurosis is the most common mental disorder in society. Progressive muscle relaxation is an independent nursing intervention that can be chosen to reduce anxiety in schizophrenia patients. This case study aims to prove that progressive muscle relaxation can help reduce anxiety levels in schizophrenic patients. The study design is descriptive in the form of a case study with a nursing process approach, applying progressive muscle relaxation techniques to schizophrenic patients who experience problems with anxiety levels. The sample was two adult schizophrenic patients who experienced anxiety in Eredah Complex Mental Health Hospital. The patient's anxiety was measured by the Zung-Self Anxiety Rating Scale. The progressive muscle relaxation procedure is performed 2 times over two days with a duration of 20-30 minutes each session. Hemodynamic measurements and anxiety levels were performed pre-post progressive muscle relaxation. The results of the case study showed that progressive muscle relaxation interventions affected reducing patient anxiety levels. The mean score of the patient's anxiety decreased by 30.34% after being given progressive muscle relaxation. Progressive muscle relaxation is effectively applied to schizophrenic patients with anxiety disorders in nursing service settings.
Highlights
Schizophrenia is a functional psychosis with major disorders of the thought process as well as disharmony between thought processes, affections or emotions, willpower and psychomotor accompanied by distortions of reality mainly due to delusions and hallucinations, dissociation so that incoherence, affective and emotional imbalance arise, psychomotor shows withdrawal, ambivalence and bizarre behavior.[1]
Two of subject studies were muslim, female with the age between 30-40 years. Both subjects of the case study found anxiety was evidenced by complaints of insomnia, irritability, feeling sad, feeling confused and worried
Both study subjects belonged to the moderate anxiety level category
Summary
Schizophrenia is a functional psychosis with major disorders of the thought process as well as disharmony between thought processes, affections or emotions, willpower and psychomotor accompanied by distortions of reality mainly due to delusions and hallucinations, dissociation so that incoherence, affective and emotional imbalance arise, psychomotor shows withdrawal, ambivalence and bizarre behavior.[1] Schizophrenic patients experience impaired current formation as well as the content of the mind. Anxiety is an emotional response to judgment that describes a state of worry, anxiety, fear of insecurity accompanied by various physical complaints. These circumstances can occur in a variety of life situations besides illness disorders. These circumstances can occur in a variety of life situations besides illness disorders. in
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