Effectiveness of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique on Pain Levels in Hypertension Patients at Bhayangkara Manado Hospital

Abstract

Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Hypertension is blood pressure that exceeds normal limits in general where systolic and diastolic pressures range from 130/80. Lowering blood pressure has been shown to reduce the incidence of stroke, heart attack, and heart failure. A headache that radiates to the neck is a complaint that is at least always felt by people with hypertension. Transformation of blood vessel structure is what causes pain in hypertension. Non-pharmacological treatments exist such as progressive muscle relaxation is effective in treating headaches, back pain, pain, high blood pressure and insomnia. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation techniques on pain levels in patients with hypertension. In this study using true-experimental research using the Pretest-Posttest Control group design, where there are 2 groups, namely the control group and the experimental group, then given a pre-test with the aim of knowing the initial situation, then given an intervention in the experimental group with the aim of knowing the results of differences between the experimental group and the control group. The results of statistical tests with the SPSS data processing program using the Independent T Test, at the level of significance get the results of the p value of 0.026 with the level of significance according to the guidelines p ≤ a (value a ≤ 0.005) so that p ≤ 0.05, Ha is accepted, which means that progressive muscle relaxation techniques are effective on pain levels in hypertension sufferers.