The effect of progressive muscle relaxation therapy on anxiety of hemodialysis patients in Pekanbaru, Indonesia

Abstract

Introduction: Hemodialysis is a renal replacement therapy used by patients with chronic kidney failure. Psychological problems that hemodialysis patients often experience are anxiety. Anxiety among hemodialysis patients can be overcome by relaxation, one of which is progressive muscle relaxation. This study aimed to determine the effect of progressive muscle relaxation therapy on the anxiety level of hemodialysis patients. Methods: This research is quantitative research with a pre-experimental design. The sampling technique uses total sampling with a number of respondents of 20 people. Collecting data used the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS) questionnaire sheet and paired samples Students T-test. Results: The results of the study before the intervention showed that respondents with mild anxiety were 11 people (55 %), moderate anxiety was 5 (25 %), heavy anxiety was 1 person (5 %), and 3 peoplewerenotanxious(15%). Aftertheintervention, the respondent’s anxiety levels became less anxious 7 people (35 %), 12 people with mild anxiety (60 %), and 1 person with moderate anxiety (5 %). Based on the results, it was obtained that p-value = 0.0001 was smaller than alpha (p < 0.05). Conclusion: There is a significant difference between the anxiety levels of hemodialysis patients before and after being given progressive muscle relaxation therapy. It is recommended that progressive muscle relaxationcanbeusedtoreduceanxietyinhemodialysis patients.