J Nurs Acad Soc.  1986 Dec;16(3):123-130.

The Effect of Relaxation Technique on Reduction of Anxiety of Nursing Students in the First Clinical Practice

• Park JS

Abstract

This Study is aimed at showing the effect of relaxation technique on reduction of anxiety of hursing students in the first clinical practice. The samples of this research were eighty fresh man students of Dong San Junior College of Nursing. Of them thirty- eight were experimental group and remaining forty-two were control group. This study has been conducted from October 14 to 22,1985. Subjects in all two groups had measured their trait anxiety, after then, the researcher carried out Byun's relaxation technique with experimental group every other day After the experimental period, subjects in all two groups had measured their state anxiety. The tools of this study were two kinds; Spielberg, Gorsnch & L.ushene's STAI, and Byun's relaxation technique. To test the statistical difference in the subjects' trait anxiety, score of lecture in pre-clinical practice and score of practice in pre-clinical practice, t-test was performed. To verify the hypotheses, ANCOVA was performed. Results of this study were as follows: The main hypothesis that the nursing students who use relaxation technique will have less degree of anxiety in the first clinical practice than the nursing students who don't use relaxation tech nique was accepted (P<.005). Conclusively, the researcher thinks that it is necessary that nursing students were prepared with relaxation technique to reduce anxiety in their first clinical practice.

MeSH Terms

Anxiety*
Humans
Nursing*
Relaxation*
Students, Nursing*