Impact of Jacobson’s Progressive Muscle Relaxation on Stress Levels of Exam Going MBBS Students of a Medical College in South Gujarat, India
Introduction: Academic examinations are a very stressful event for an Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) student. While many students learn to deal with it through the use of helpful or unhelpful coping skills, many still end up with considerable psychological morbidity in the f...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2021-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/15269/48607_CE[Ra1]_F[SK]_PF1(SC_SL)_PFA(SC_KM)_PN(KM).pdf |
| Summary: | Introduction: Academic examinations are a very stressful event for
an Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) student.
While many students learn to deal with it through the use of helpful
or unhelpful coping skills, many still end up with considerable
psychological morbidity in the form of anxiety and depression
along with deterioration in overall health. Jacobson’s Progressive
Muscle Relaxation (JPMR) causes deep muscle relaxation.
Aim: To find out the prevalence of stress and exam anxiety in
students of 1st year MBBS and to study the impact of JPMR.
Materials and Methods: It was a quasi-experimental, pretest
and post-test interventional study conducted amongst the
first year MBBS students studying at the Government Medical
College Surat, Gujarat, India, during March to May 2019.
Two months before their internal exams, 114 1st year MBBS
students were recruited for the study. They were given a pretest
proforma which comprised of socio-demographic profile,
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Test Anxiety Scale (TAS) and
General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) 28. They were asked to
attend JPMR sessions over the following month in batches of
30 each and asked to practise JPMR for one month leading up
to their exams. Total 43 students attended these sessions while
71 did not. After one month, all 114 students were again given a
post-test proforma comprising of the same scales. Paired t-test
was applied to compare the pretest and post-test scores to see
the impact of JPMR.
Results: The mean age of participants was 19 years.The students
who completed their schooling in Gujarati medium and those
who reported to be staying at hostel experienced significantly
more TAS scores at baseline evaluation as compared to their
counterparts from English medium schools and those staying at
home respectively. There was a statistically significant reduction
in mean scores of PSS and TAS before and after practice of
JPMR in the 43 students who attended and practiced JPMR
(p-value=0.005 and p-value=0.002, respectively; p-value <0.05
was considered to be significant).
Conclusion: One month practice of JPMR was found to be
effective in reduction of stress and exam anxiety. |
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |