International Journal of Nursing and Health Research

Authors
Anima Deb, Immaculate Cinderella I

Abstract
Background: The term stress is derived from Latin word “stringi” which means “to be draw tight”. The concept “stress” was first introduced in life science by “Hans Selye”. He defined stress as “the state manifested by a specific syndrome which consists of all the non- specifically induced changes within a biologic system” [1]. Objective: To assess the pre-test level of stress among nursing students in a selected college of Nursing, Agartala, West Tripura. To evaluate the effectiveness of demonstration on progressive muscle relaxation therapy on stress in terms of comparison of pre-test and post test scores among nursing students in a selected college of Nursing, Agartala, West Tripura. To find out the association between pre-test levels of stress of nursing students with their selected socio-demographic variables. Subjects & methods: Quantitative research approach with Pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test research design was adopted by applying purposive sampling technique among 45 (Forty five) numbers of first year B.Sc. Nursing female students in Tripura College of Nursing, Hapania, Agartala, WestTripura. Self-administered questionnaire was adopted of the sample through Testmoz online method. Stress level was assessed by Modified Student Nurse Stress Index (5 points Likert Scale). Results: The (mean) pre-test stress level score for experimental group was (53.06 and post-test stress level score for experimental group was (38.38 Paired t value was 6.374 (df- 44, table value 2.02) at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: Demonstration on progressive muscle relaxation therapy was effective in reducing stress level among nursing students.