Effect Of Relaxation Technique Research Articles

Effectiveness of relaxation techniques, touch distractions in lowering pain scales

Introduction: Pain is one of the most common symptoms experienced by patients with various medical conditions. Effective pain management is essential to improve a patient's quality of life. Relaxation and touch techniques are nonpharmacological methods that can reduce Pain. This study evaluated the effectiveness of relaxation and touch techniques in lowering pain scales. Methods: This study used an experimental design with pre-test and post-test approaches. Patients with chronic pain were divided into two groups: an intervention group that received relaxation and touch techniques and a control group that did not receive an intervention. Relaxation techniques used include deep breathing, meditation, and progressive muscle relaxation. The touch techniques used are massage and therapeutic touch. The pain scale was measured using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) before and after the intervention. Results: The management of relaxation techniques and touch distraction patients on the first- and second-days experienced changes in pain scales, but the Pain was not resolved. On the third day, the Pain was also not resolved if hyperlipidemia pressure increased, while the first day and day two experienced changes in pain scale but were not resolved, and on the third day, the Pain could be resolved with a pain scale of 0. Conclusions: Relaxation and touch techniques effectively lower pain scales in patients with chronic Pain. This method can be part of comprehensive pain management to improve a patient's quality of life. Both techniques can be used as additional methods in pain management to improve a patient's quality of life. Further studies with larger samples and extended intervention periods are needed to confirm these findings. Relaxation and touch techniques can be integrated into clinical practice as part of a multimodal approach to pain management. Education and training for health workers on the use of these techniques can improve patient acceptance and adherence.

Effect of Relaxation Techniques on Hypertensive Patients’ Physiological Outcomes

Effect of Relaxation Techniques on Hypertensive Patients’ Physiological Outcomes

The effects of relaxation techniques following acute, high intensity football training on parasympathetic reactivation

BackgroundEvidence shows relaxation techniques reactivate the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) following physiological stressors such as exercise. As such, these techniques may be useful following exercise training of high intensity sports, like collegiate football.PurposeTo evaluate the impact of mindfulness and rest activities on PNS reactivation following training sessions, in a sample of Division-I collegiate, male football athletes.MethodsThis study employed a cross-sectional, pre-post experimental design among 38 football athletes. Following three training sessions, each separated by one week, athletes were exposed to three groups: mindfulness, rest, and no-intervention. Athletes in the mindfulness group laid supine in a darkened room, while performing 15 min of guided breathing and body scans. The rest group remained seated in a lighted room, performing 15 min of restful activities (e.g., talking). The no-intervention group was instructed to perform usual post-training activities (e.g., showering). Heart rate (HR), respiration rate (RR) and two HR variability (HRV) indices were measured via an armband monitor (Warfighter Monitor, Tiger Tech Solutions, Inc, Miami, FL) equipped with electrocardiographic and photoplethysmography capabilities. HRV indices included standard deviation of the N-N intervals (SDNN) and root mean square of successive RR interval differences (rMSSD). Within and between-group differences were determined via analysis of variance (ANOVA) and corrected for multiple comparisons familywise error.ResultsStatistically significant reductions in HR and RR were observed across all groups: −81.6, −66.4, −40.9 bpm and −31.7, −26.9, and −19.0 breaths⋅min−1, respectively. The mindfulness and rest groups exhibited a larger within-group reduction in HR and RR compared to the no-intervention group, p < 0.0000. Additionally, the mindfulness group showed a larger reduction in HR and RR compared to the rest group, p < 0.05. Post-intervention HR and RRs were significantly lower in the mindfulness group relative to the no-intervention group (77.0 vs. 120.1 bpm, respectively). Similar results were observed for RR (15.0 vs. 23.6 breaths⋅min−1, respectively) and HRV indices (SDNN: 46.9 vs. 33.1 ms and rMSSD: 17.9 vs. 13.8 ms, respectively) Athletes in the rest group showed significantly lower post-intervention HR (−30.2 bpm, 89.9 vs. 120.1 bpm, respectively), RR (−4.3 breaths⋅min−1, 19.3 vs. 23.6 breaths⋅min−1, respectively) and significantly higher HRV (SDNN: 42.9 vs. 33.1 ms and rMSSD: 16.7 vs. 13.8 ms, respectively) compared to their no-intervention counterparts.ConclusionsOur findings suggest that athletes engaging in either 15-minute guided mindfulness or rest activities (e.g., sitting) post training, may facilitate PNS reactivation. Implementing these strategies may accelerate recovery, improving performance. Longitudinal, randomized controlled trials among diverse sports are encouraged.

Effect of Relaxation Technique on Blood Pressure, Stress and Quality of Life among Hypertensive Females in Damanhour City

Effect of Relaxation Technique on Blood Pressure, Stress and Quality of Life among Hypertensive Females in Damanhour City

Effect of Relaxation Technique on Pain Intensity during Chest Tube Removal following Cardiac Surgery

Effect of Relaxation Technique on Pain Intensity during Chest Tube Removal following Cardiac Surgery

Fizyolojik doğum savunucuları: Türk ebelik öğrencilerinin doğal doğum algıları


 
 Objective: The aim of this study is to examine the views of students studying in the midwifery department about the perception of birth. Method: A cross sectional descriptive study. The study was carried out using an online questionnaire, which was prepared by researchers in accordance with the current literature, evaluating students' perception of childbirth. Results: 484 undergraduate midwifery students (mean age, 20.94±2.35 years) agreed to participate in the study. Approximately 90% of the students reported that they have heard the concept of natural birth. The findings showed that 61% of the students have heard the term of natural birth at the university. The percentages of students who disagree with the presence of the freedom of movement of a pregnant woman, the usefulness of music, bath and massage at birth, the effectiveness of relaxation techniques or entering to water at the body temperature at birth, supporting to other birth positions instead of supine and preference of vertical positions during active delivery, were higher in the first-year midwifery students compared to other students. Conclusion: It is recommended that create in-service training programs are created for the student midwives to access up-to-date information after graduation, to provide the integration of the theoretical information given to the students to the clinical environment, and to carry out visual and cohort studies on the subject. In line with the findings obtained from the study, additions can be made to the midwifery education curriculum.

Effect of Relaxation Technique on Anxiety, Stress, and Depression Scores of High-risk Pregnant Women Prone to Preeclampsia and the Physiological Indicators of Their Babies

Background and Objective: Stress, anxiety, and depression during pregnancy have adverse effects on both mother and baby. Stress and anxiety have been reported as high-risk factors for preeclampsia. Relaxation exercises can reduce the adverse effects of high-risk pregnancies in mothers prone to preeclampsia and improve pregnancy outcomes. Materials and Methods: This clinical trial study was conducted on 100 high-risk pregnant women referring to healthcare centers in Isfahan, Iran. The samples were randomly divided into experimental (n=46) and control (n=50) groups. Relaxation in was performed the experimental group in 16 sessions. Mean scores of stress, anxiety, and depression were measured and recorded using the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 Items Questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by statistical tests in SPSS 16 software. Results: The mean scores of stress, anxiety, and depression were obtained at 6.80, 4.49, and 5.98 in the experimental group, respectively, and 1.20, 0.94, and 1.03 in the control group, respectively. The results showed that the mean scores of stress and anxiety were significantly lower after the intervention in the test group than in the control group (P<0.05). However, the mean score of depression was not significantly different between the two groups (P>0.05). No Neonatal significant difference was observed between the two groups in the physiological indices, including mean 1- and 5-minute Apgar scores, weight, height, and head circumference (P>0.05). Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, relaxation reduced the level of anxiety and stress among high-risk pregnant mothers. Therefore, the implementation of this technique during pregnancy is recommended for high-risk pregnant women prone to preeclampsia.

Emotional and Cognitive Impairment among Cardiac Patients - A Narrative Review

Cardiovascular disease is a major group of contributing 31% of global mortality rate. The lifestyle changes are the key role to develop such diseases. The cardiovascular diseases are altering the life style practices and need to change their routine life style. There are many related co morbidities that may arise after the cardiac event. In which the emotional and cognitive co morbidities are making further risk to the subsequent cardiac event. Therefore the correct and prompt treatment is needed for the prevention of the co morbidities. The main aim of this narrative review is to find out the burden of emotional and cognitive impairment and to find out the effect of relaxation technique on the reduction of the emotional and cognitive impairment among cardiac patients. Mainly the online data sources including PubMed, PubMed central, Cochrane, Medline, Google scholar were searched for the related studies. The main emotional imbalance are depression and stress. In which depression is contributing the major role among cardiac patients. The major pathophysiological changes after myocardial infarction that lea to the emotional and cognitive symptoms are due to the reduced blood supply to brain and the anaerobic metabolism. There are different complimentary therapies are there for the management of the emotional co morbidities. In which the relaxation therapy is very useful therapy in the emotional imbalance management.

The Effect of Relaxation Techniques in Reducing Dysmenorrhea in Adolescents

Dysmenorrhea is a lower abdominal pain that occurs before menstruation or during a menstrual period. To overcome dysmenorrhea non-pharmacologically, one technique is deep breathing relaxation. This technique can reduce dysmenorrhea in adolescents because it can relax the body and provide a sense of comfort so that the intensity of the pain felt gradually disappears. This study’s purpose was to analyze the effect of the deep breathing relaxation technique on reducing dysmenorrhea in adolescents. This was a literature review, and articles were found through Google Scholar and Garuda Dikti. The results of the five articles that were identified showed that, before the breathing relaxation technique was carried out, the majority of adolescents experienced moderate pain; then after it was carried out, the majority of adolescents experienced a decrease in pain to mild; there were additional adolescents who did not feel any pain. These changes were significant (shown by p-values < 0.05). It can therefore be concluded that deep breathing relaxation can help to decrease dysmenorrhea in adolescents. Changes can be seen when the technique is practiced for 5-30 minutes.
 Keywords: deep breathing relaxation, dysmenorrhea, adolescents

Teknik Relaksasi untuk Menurunkan Kecemasan Pada Ibu Hamil di Wilayah Puskesmas Pakualaman

The purpose of group therapy conducted in this research was to determine the effect of relaxation technique to reduce anxiety in pregnant women within the working area of Pakualaman Community Health Center. The research subjects consisted of seven pregnant women who experienced anxiety disorder in the moderate category. The methods for data collection were observation, interview, and focus group discussion, as well as a pre-test using a pregnancy anxiety scale with the results of Cronbach a = 0.896 at 28 items and reliability of 0.896. Data analysis techniques were carried out qualitatively based on the results of the therapy process and quantitatively by conducting a post-test. The research results revealed a decrease in anxiety, both qualitatively and quantitatively. The qualitative results showed that the research subjects were able to feel more positive, calmer, and more comfortable during their pregnancy and being optimistic when they were about to face the delivery process, which affected the perceived behavior such as reduced dizziness and comfortable sleep. Meanwhile, the quantitative results showed a decrease in score and the level of anxiety experienced by the research subjects between before and after participating in the group therapy process with the value of z = -2.366 with a significance of p = 0.018 (p <0.05). Thus, it can be concluded that group therapy with relaxation technique could reduce anxiety in pregnant women within the working area of Pakualaman Community Health Center.

The Effect of Relaxation Technique (Jacobsen and Benson) on Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease that affects the central nervous system. Depression, anxiety and stress are the most common psychiatric comorbidities in MS, which can have adverse consequences. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of relaxation (Jacobson and Benson) technique on depression, anxiety and stress in MS patients. Methods: This clinical trial was conducted since December 2016 to March 2017 in the Multiple Sclerosis Association and the Neurology Clinic of Farshchian Hospital (Sina) in Hamadan. Sixty patients with multiple sclerosis were randomly assigned to two experimental (n=30) and control (n=30) groups. The control group received routine care and experimental group received the relaxation technique (Jacobson and Benson) in 8 sessions of 60-minute twice a week for 4 weeks in addition to receiving routine care. The DASS-21 scale was completed by samples before and after the intervention. Results: Results of the study showed that in the intervention group, the scores of depression, anxiety and stress after using relaxation (Jacobson and Benson) was decreased significantly (P<0.05), while in the control group no significant decrease was observed (P<0.05). Conclusion: The results of this study showed that relaxation (Jacobson and Benson) is effective in reducing depression, anxiety and stress in patients with multiple sclerosis. Therefore, in addition to prescribing medication, it is suggested that complementary therapies be performed for these patients.

Important Role of Relaxation Techniques in Immune Functions, Glycemic Control, and Stress in Diabetic Patients with COVID-19: A Review.

COVID-19 is a world disaster. The relationship between COVID-19 and Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is double-faced because DM is considered one of the COVID-19 key risk factors causing an increase in COVID-19 related conditions and death rates; at the same time, high stress in patients with COVID-19 can lead to the occurrence of DM. This relationship adversely affects immune functions. Relaxation techniques have been demonstrated to positively affect immune functions, glycemic control, and stress levels. A search in Scopus, Web of Science, Medline databases, and EBSCO has been made. The search included clinical trials and systematic and literature reviews on the effects of relaxation techniques on immune functions, glycemic control, and stress levels. This review found that relaxation techniques produce short-term effects on decreasing stress levels through autonomic regulation, controlling glycemic control through decreasing hyperglycemia, and increasing immune functions through increasing immune cells and immunoglobins A. This review summarizes the important role of performing regular relaxation techniques in COVID-19 patients with DM. Relaxation techniques benefit diabetic patients with COVID-19 through decreasing stress levels, better controlling of glycemic control, and increasing immune functions.

Effects of Relaxation Techniques on Acute Postlaminectomy Pain: A Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

PurposeThis study compared the effects of Benson relaxation with progressive muscle relaxation on pain severity after laminectomy. DesignThree-arm randomized, nonblinded, and parallel group trial. MethodsThe study was conducted with 93 patients who underwent lumbar laminectomy. Patients were randomly assigned to three groups of Benson relaxation + routine care (n = 31), progressive muscle relaxation + routine care (n = 31), and routine care (n = 31). The two relaxation methods were performed at 2 (time 1), 12 (time 2), and 24 (time 3) hours after patients' regaining full consciousness in postoperative wards. Pain severity was assessed using the visual analog scale once before laminectomy, before and also 20 minutes after each relaxation session. In the control group, pain severity was measured at the same times as in the two relaxation groups. FindingsBoth Benson relaxation and progressive muscle relaxation resulted in a significant reduction in pain severity in comparison with the control group at all three measurement times (except at time 1 in the progressive muscle relaxation group). However, no significant differences were found between Benson relaxation and progressive muscle relaxation in any of the three times. ConclusionsThe results suggest that both Benson and progressive muscle relaxation techniques can decrease acute postlaminectomy pain in the immediate postoperative period in adult patients.

Pengaruh Teknik Relaksasi Terhadap Penurunan Nyeri Epigastrium Pada Pasien Gastritis

ABSTRACTBackground: Today the frequency of psychosomatic illnesses experienced by a person is increasing. One such psychosomatic disease is gastritis. Pharmacotherapy for gastritis often results in less satisfactory results. Meanwhile the other alternatives to overcome these problems can be done with relaxation exercises. Relaxation can increase the sensitivity of baro-reflect and decrease sympathetic nerve activity and activate the correction so that there will be a decrease of pain level.Objective: To know the effect of relaxation technique on the reduction of epigastria pain in gastritis patients.Research Method: The design of the research used is one group pre test and post test design, where the patient came to check the level of pain with the scale of pain then done relaxation. After the relaxation was done and then re-check in the same way. Bivariate analysis used Wilcoxon Test.Results: The statistical results obtained p = 0,000 (P 0.05) which means that there is a very significant difference in the average value of the pain scale before relaxation with the average of pain scale after relaxation.Conclusion: There is a relaxation effect on the reduction of epigastria pain in gastritis patients Keyword : Relaxation, Pain, Epigastria

Effectiveness of Relaxation Techniques

Effectiveness of Relaxation Techniques

UJI EFEKTIVITAS TEKNIK RELAKSASI, SENAM POMPA JANTUNG DAN PENGUATAN OTOT PERUT TERHADAP PENURUNAN NYERI MENSTRUASI

Background: Dysmenorrhea is menstruation pain commonly experienced by female adolescents. This problem is caused by progesterone imbalance in the blood, prostaglandins and stress/psychology factors. It affects on at least 50% of women in reproductive age and 60-85% of female teenagers.
 Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of relaxation techniques, heart pump exercise and strengthening the abdominal muscles to decrease menstrual pain in the second semester students of STIKES 'Aisiyah Yogyakarta in 2015.
 Methods: This was quantitative research with quasy experimental design with nonequivalent control group. Samples were selected using simple random sampling. The samples in this study were 60 female students. Analysis of the data used Kendall’s Tau.
 Result: The findings showed that relaxation techniques together with heart pumping exercises provide lower effectiveness in reducing menstrual pain with p-value of 0.059. Whereas, relaxation techniques, heart pumping exercise and abdominal muscles strengthening showed relationship with p-value of 0.035.
 Conclusion: Relaxation techniques, heart pumping exercise and abdominal muscles strengthening are effective in reducing menstrual pain.
 Keyword: Decrease menstrual pain, relaxation techniques, exercise cardiac pump, strengthening abdominal muscles

Effectiveness of Relaxation Technique for Behavioral Management of ADHD Children During Dental Treatment.

Effectiveness of Relaxation Technique for Behavioral Management of ADHD Children During Dental Treatment.

What are the effects of relaxation techniques, yoga, or music for labor pain management?

What are the effects of relaxation techniques, yoga, or music for labor pain management?

The Effect of Relaxation Technique on Fatigue Levels after Stem Cell Transplant.

Background:Many patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) experience fatigue due to their disease process and its long period of treatment. Using nonpharmacological methods to help reduce their fatigue is a reasonable endeavor. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of Benson's relaxation technique on fatigue levels in patients after HSCT.Materials and Methods:Thirty-seven patients were randomly selected to the intervention (n = 19) and control group (n = 18). In the intervention group, the participants performed Benson's relaxation exercises for 20 min twice per day over a period of 15 days. The data collection tools used included a demographic and medical information form and the Brief Fatigue Inventory, completed by both groups on three different occasions (upon admission and days 8 and 14 after the HSCT). The data obtained were analyzed in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version-20 using statistical tests.Results:The results of the independent t-test showed no significant preintervention differences in fatigue levels between the two groups. On days 8 (t = 11.21, p < 0.001) and 14 after the transplant (t = 15.62, p < 0.001), a significant difference was observed in the mean level of fatigue between the two groups.Conclusions:These findings indicate that Benson's relaxation technique would improve fatigue in HSCT patients.

The effectiveness of relaxation techniques on depression, anxiety and stress in pregnant women: based on self-efficacy theory

The effectiveness of relaxation techniques on depression, anxiety and stress in pregnant women: based on self-efficacy theory