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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2021 Jul;57(3):1095-1102.
doi: 10.1111/ppc.12662. Epub 2020 Oct 26.

Effect of progressive muscle relaxation exercise on clinical stress and burnout in student nurse interns

Sıdıka Pelit-Aksu  1 , Sultan Özkan-Şat  1 , Şengül Yaman-Sözbi R  1 , Ayten Şentürk-Erenel  1
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Effect of progressive muscle relaxation exercise on clinical stress and burnout in student nurse interns

Sıdıka Pelit-Aksu et al. Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2021 Jul.

Abstract

Purpose: To determine the effects of progressive muscle relaxation exercise (PMRE) on clinical stress and burnout in student nurse interns.

Design and methods: This is a randomized controlled trial. Interns were divided into control group (CG; n = 78) or experimental group (EG; n = 67) randomly. PMRE was performed by students in the EG. Personal information form, Burnout Measure Short Version (BMS) and Physio-Psycho-Social Response Scale (PPSRS) for nursing students were administered to both groups in the first and last meeting.

Findings: There was a significant difference in posttest scores between groups; EG posttest scores on the BMS, on the PPSRS, and subscales were lower than those of the CG.

Practice implications: PMRE training ameliorates burnout and PPSRs to stress during clinical practice in nursing students.

Keywords: burnout; clinical stress; nursing students; progressive muscle relaxation exercise.

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