British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of progressive muscle relaxation with analgesic on anxiety status and pain in surgical patients.
surgery is a stressful experience for patients and most surgical patients have some degree of anxiety. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a relaxation technique in addition to narcotic analgesic on health promotion in surgical patients. ⋯ PMR could increase the pain threshold, stress and anxiety tolerance and adaptation level in surgical patients. Therefore, using this technique could be an appropriate way to reduce analgesic drug consumption.