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Context: The old age is a crucial phase where the physiological, psychological and socio-cultural changes in elderly contribute to the development of stress. 236 elderly people per ten thousand suffer from mental illness mainly due to stress, heart disease, stroke and cancer. Practice of progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) is the simplest and effective method to decrease muscle tension, reduce the stress and to lower blood pressure. Aims: This study aimed to assess the level of stress and blood pressure among elderly with hypertension, evaluate the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation technique on stress and blood pressure among elderly with hypertension, identify the relationship between the stress level and blood pressure level among elderly with hypertension and associate the stress and blood pressure with the demographic variables among elderly with hypertension. Materials and methods: Research design adopted for the study was an experimental pretest posttest control group design. The study was conducted in selected villages of rural health and training centre of SRMC & RI at vayalanallur. Sixty elderly with hypertension in the age group of 60-70 years who are having mild and moderate level of stress and blood pressure. Background variables were collected. Stress level was assessed by perceived stress scale (PSS) and blood pressure was measured by sphygmomanometer. The study group (n=30) demonstrated the progressive muscle relaxation technique for 20 minutes for 21 days. Control group followed routine activities. The data were collected at four phases: The survey (pretest), demonstration of PMR, practice of PMR for 21 days, posttest on the 22 nd day after intervention. During posttest the stress and blood pressure were measured. Results: There were considerable variations in level of stress and blood pressure in the posttests as viewed with the pretest score of the study group at P<0.001. The outcome showed substantial variations in the study group which when compared with the control group at p<0.001 on stress, systolic blood pressure and p<0.05 on diastolic blood pressure. Conclusion: The result highlighted PMR to be an effective method to decrease the stress and blood pressure among elderly with hypertension.

Effectiveness of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique on Stress and Blood Pressure among Elderly with Hypertension