Effect of progressive muscle relaxation combined with health education on the psychological state of the maintained hemodialysis patients

Objective To evaluate the effect of progressive muscle relaxation combined with health education on the psychological state of the maintained hemodialysis patients and provide basis for the psychological intervention for them. Methods Forty-two MHD patients were randomly assigned to the intervention group and control group. Patients in the control group received the conventional nursing, and patients in the intervention group received the conventional therapy combined with nursing intervention for two times. Results After the first intervention, the various psychological testing indicators of intervention group were obviously lower than those of control group and there was statistically significant difference between two groups(P ＜ 0. 05 ). The differences of index of physiological chemistry between two groups had no statistical significance (P ＞ 0. 05 ). After the second intervention, the various psychological testing indicators of intervention group were further lower than those of control group and there was statistical significant difference ( P ＜ 0. 01 or P ＜ 0. 05 ). The Hb and Ca2 + of the intervention group were remarkably higher than control group,while PO43+ and K+ of intervention group were significantly lower than control group. Both differences had statistical significance(P ＜ 0. 05 ). Conclusions Progressive muscle relaxation combined with health education can greatly improve the psychological and physiological status of MHD patients.\r\n\r\nKey words: \r\nMaintenance hemodialysis; Progressive muscle relaxation; Health education