Key result
Progressive muscle relaxation significantly reduced stress levels in senior executives with coronary heart disease, who exhibited higher baseline job stress than executives without CHD.
Why the study?
Does progressive muscle relaxation therapy reduce stress levels in executives with coronary heart disease?
Observational (n=70)
No
Does progressive muscle relaxation therapy reduce stress levels in executives with coronary heart disease?
Progressive muscle relaxation therapy significantly reduces stress levels in executives with coronary heart disease, who typically exhibit higher job stress and type A personality traits.
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May inform adjunctive stress management in CHD executives; leaves open efficacy without randomized confirmation.
The present paper intends to study the effect of progressive muscle relaxation on executives with coronary heart disease. The main objectives of the study were to compare the job stress level, coping strategies and personality type of public sector senior executives with and without CHD. The Sample for the study consisted of 70 senior executives from B.H.E.L, Bhopal. To have a comparative study of the variables, matched group design was opted. The findings reveal that there is significant difference in the stress levels, coping strategies and personality type among executives with and without CHD. Executives with CHD had more job stress, ineffective coping strategies and type A personality in comparison to the executives without CHD. Further, the practice of progressive muscle relaxation brings significant reduction in the stress levels of CHD patients.
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Srivastava et al. (2002) conducted an observational in Coronary heart disease (n=70). Progressive muscle relaxation vs. Executives without CHD was evaluated on Job stress level, coping strategies, and personality type. Progressive muscle relaxation significantly reduced stress levels in senior executives with coronary heart disease, who exhibited higher baseline job stress than executives without CHD.
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