“ a Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Jacobson’s Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique on Level of Pain Among Post Caesarean Mothers in Selected Hospitals.”

Background: Pain following caesarean birth may affect comfort, mobility, rest, and early maternal care. Jacobson’s Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique (JPMRT) is a non-pharmacological relaxation approach that may be used alongside routine postoperative care. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of Jacobson’s Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique on the level of pain among post-caesarean mothers in selected hospitals. Methods: A quantitative evaluative approach with a quasi-experimental two-group pre-test–post-test design was reported. Sixty post-caesarean mothers were selected by purposive sampling, with 30 in the control group and 30 in the experimental group. Pain was measured using the Numerical Pain Rating Scale. The experimental group received JPMRT twice daily from postoperative day 1 through day 3; the control group received routine care. Results: The experimental group’s reported mean pain score decreased from 7.80 (SD 0.96) at pre-test to 0.50 (SD 0.63) at post-test. The dissertation reports a paired t statistic of 34.80 (p < 0.05). However, the between-group post-test table contains values that conflict with these results; the comparative analysis must be verified against the original dataset. Conclusion: The reported within-group results suggest a reduction in pain scores after JPMRT. A conclusion about comparative effectiveness should be finalized only after the source data and between-group statistics have been checked.