The study is to examine the effect of progressive muscle relaxation exercise on anxiety of nursing students during their initial clinical experience. A quasi-experimental, pre-post study was carried out in the Arab American University. A convenience sample consists of 90 first-year nursing students were chosen. A progressive muscle relaxation exercise for five days per week was conducted on one group of nursing students. Students’ anxiety was measured by S-anxiety scale (STAI Form Y-1) at pre and post the intervention. The severity of anxiety reduction was greater post the exercise (t (89) = 30.783, P = .001). 

العنوان

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/inq

الناشر

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/inq

بلد الناشر

المملكة المتحدة

Indexing

Thomson Reuters

معامل التأثير

1,7

نوع المنشور

Both (Printed and Online)

المجلد

59

السنة

2022

الصفحات

1-7