Author(s)

Nani Avianti, Desmaniarti Z., Hotma Rumahorbo

Department of Nursing Bandung Healthy Polytechnic of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia.

Background: Diabetes Melilltus (DM) is one serious chronic illness. The proportion of incident type 2 diabetes is 95% of the population of DM in the world. The prevalence of DM in Indonesia showed an increase of 1.1% in 2007 to 2.1% of the population of DM in 2013, and the most cases are Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Management of blood sugar levels can be conducted of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic. One of nonpharmacologic therapy is a complementary therapy. Progressive muscle relaxation is part of a of complementary therapy which is a mindbody therapy. Objective: This study aimed to measure the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation of the blood sugar levels of patients with type 2 diabetes. Materials and Methods: Quasi experiment with pre- and posttest randomized control group design, consisting of 48 samples, 24 samples 24 samples of the treatment group and the control group. Subjects treated group guided progressive muscle relaxation exercises 2 times a day for 3 consecutive days with a duration of 25 - 30 minutes in one workout. Subjects of the control group gave breathing exercises. Results: There were significant differences between the average blood sugar levels type 2 diabetes patients in the the treatment group and the control group, with p value = 0.000 (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The progressive muscle relaxation is effective to reduce blood sugar levels of patients with type 2 diabetes at Dr. Salamun Hospital and Advent Hospital in Bandung.

Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Blood Sugar Levels, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Avianti, N. , Z., D. and Rumahorbo, H. (2016) Progressive Muscle Relaxation Effectiveness of the Blood Sugar Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Open Journal of Nursing, 6, 248-254. doi: 10.4236/ojn.2016.63025.