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The Effectiveness of Progressive Muscle Relaxation on the Postpartum Quality of Life: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Ilknur Goksin,
to determine Instrument The article
Sultan Ayaz
Alkyaa It was determined that The postpartum period is shows that
the
Desmaniarti -Data were collected characterized by physiological the PMR
Z., Hotma effectiveness the difference between
using the Maternal and psychosocial changes and program
Rumahorbo of  Progressive the mean pretest and
(2018, Postpartum Quality the assumption of parental caused
February ) Muscle posttest MAPP-QoL
roles and responsibilities. significant
Asian of Life scores (24.43 ± 4.58
Relaxation These changes can affect the relief of quality
Nursing, The Questionnaire
Effectiveness (PMR) on and 26.07 ± 4.58, mother's QOL. Studies of life of
of Progressive (MAPP-QoL) respectively) of the
quality of conducted to determine women during
Muscle between June 2016
Relaxation on life of women women in the women's postpartum QOL have postpartum. It
the and April 2017. intervention group reported moderate-to-low QOL shows that,
during
Postpartum
postpartum was statistically after labor 5, 7, 21. For this even people
Quality of
Subject reason, the implementation of who is not 100
Life: A period significant (t = −2.73,
Randomized Thirty women in the initiatives to increase the QOL percent fit,
Controlled p < .05). The mean
intervention group of women in the postpartum also can do
Trial, 12(2) , pretest and posttest
86-90. and 30 women in the period is important. Relaxation exercise for
MAPP-QoL scores of
control group were therapy has recently become physically and
the women in the
an integral part of the care by mentaly
included.. control group were reducing anxiety and stress,
23.29 ± 4.37 and distracting attention away from

21.99 ± 5.58, the pain, relieving muscle strain

and contractions, facilitating
respectively, with a
sleep, and reducing sensitivity
difference that was
to fatigue and pain.
also statistically
significant (t = 2.23, p
< .05). The difference
between the mean
scores of the women
in the intervention and
control groups before
PMR was not
statistically significant
(t = 0.99, p > .05),
whereas the difference
between the groups
after PMR was found
to be statistically
significant (t = 3.09, p
< .05) (Table 2).<