The use of progressive muscle relaxation with classical music in hypertension women

Abstract

Background/Objective: Hypertension is still a public health problem both in the world and in Indonesia. Even though women with hypertension are already taking antihypertensive drugs, often blood pressure remains high. Women are more likely to be stressed, and stress increases hypertension. The study aimed to analyze the use of progressive muscle relaxation with classical music on stress and blood pressure in hypertensive women.

Methods: This study used a quasi-experimental design with a control group. There were three groups of hypertensive women who took anti-hypertensive drugs, consisting of those who received progressive muscle relaxation with classical music, accepted progressive muscle relaxation without classical music, and did not get treatment, each of which totaled 36 participants. The activity was carried out from July to October 2020. The stress instrument used was the Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale, while blood pressure was measured with the OMRON digital tensimeter.

Results: The group that received progressive muscle relaxation with classical music from Bach described high significance for stress (p = .0001), systolic (p = .0001), diastolic (p = .0001). The group that received progressive muscle relaxation alone also showed high significance for stress (p = .010), systolic (p = .003), diastolic (p = .006). While the untreated group showed significance for systolic (p = .013), but did not show significance for stress (p = .758), diastolic (p = .123). The use of ANOVA showed a significant difference in the effect of the three intervention on stress (p = .005), systolic blood pressure (p = .009), but did not have a significant effect on diastolic blood pressure (p = .500).

Conclusions: Progressive muscle relaxation with classical music and antihypertensive drugs provides a greater chance of controlling stress, lowering systolic and diastolic blood pressure than just progressive muscle relaxation and antihypertensive drugs or antihypertensive drugs alone in women with hypertension.