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Abstract
Electroconvulsive therapy is a safe and effective treatment for certain psychiatric disorders, is most commonly used to treat severe depression. It is often the fastest and best treatment available for this illness and used to treat other psychiatric disorders, mania, and psychosis. Aim: investigate the effect of progressive relaxation technique on the anxiety level of psychiatric patient’s before electroconvulsive therapy. Subjects and Method: A quasi-experimental design was used in this study that carried out at the inpatient units in Port Said Psychiatric Health Hospital. The subjects of the study compromised sixty psychiatric inpatients to whom electroconvulsive therapy were prescribed regardless of their diagnosis. They were divided into two equal groups (Study and control) with thirty patients in each group. The study data were collected by using the Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory (STAI), in addition to personal and clinical data questionnaire. Results: Raveled that 60.0%, 53.3% respectively of control and studied group had mild anxiety after progressive relaxation technique. Conclusion: Revealed that there are significant differences between controls and studied group of patients in relation to presence of someone who support patients socially and psychologically especially relatives during treatment at hospital. Finally, there were significant differences before and after progressive relaxation in studied group regarding mean total score. Recommendations: Progressive relaxation technique may be used as complementary treatment to decrease the hospitalized psychiatric patient’s anxiety. The psychiatric nurse can easily apply this technique to manage patients’ anxiety.