Impact of Jacobson Muscle Relaxation Technique on the Stress Levels of Diabetic Patients

Abstract

Background: Due to industrialization, there are a lot of changes in the lifestyle, due to which a lot of people suffer, with the modernization in work and in living standard it has increased the amount of stress and lifestyle diseases like diabetes in the modern people. A lot of people suffer from chronic stress which gets converted into something big if isn’t treated on time. Diabetes comes with a number of stressors. The paper seeks to answer the question that does JPMR impact on the stress levels of diabetic patients (type I and II). This type of study is comparatively less as compare to other researches. Methodology: Pre-and Post- Experimental Design was used and data is collected by using, Perceived Stress Scale developed by Cohen, Kamarck and Mermelstein. Result: The result shows positive effect of JPMR on the stress levels of diabetic patients. Discussion: In our study conducted, it was found that there is a significant difference observed in the diabetic patients who were given JPMR. The positive significant difference was observed in the group of individuals who were introduced with medication and therapy (experimental group). Conclusion: The study concludes that there is positive difference in the stress levels of patients receiving medications and therapy which indicates reduction in the amount of stress in the diabetic patients.