EFFECTIVENESS OF BENSON'S RELAXATION THERAPY ON PAIN AND STRESS AMONG CAESAREAN SECTION MOTHERS

Background: Benson's relaxation therapy is a nursing intervention that can be used as complementary and non-pharmacological therapy. Benson's relaxation therapy is one of the relaxation technique that is easily learned by the patient with its simpler cost-effective intervention. Aim And Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of Benson's relaxation therapy on pain and stress among caesarean section mothers. Method: Quantitative research approach, true experimental research design was used.60caesarean mothers were selected using simple random sampling technique through lottery method, divided into experimental and control group each group consist of 30 samples mothers. The study was conducted at Unitta's Multispecialty Hospital, Chennai. Results: The pretest mean score of pain was 7.20±2.86 and the post-test mean score of pain was 0.97±1.33. The mean difference score was 6.23 (62.3%). The calculated paired 't' test value of t = 10.131 was found to be statistically highly significant at p<0.001 level. The pretest mean score of stress was 50.13±.7.64 and the post-test mean score of stress was 25.17±11.74. The mean difference score was 24.96 (31.2%). The calculated paired 't' test value of t=17.440 was found to be statistically highly significant at p<0.001 level. Conclusion: This infers that Benson's relaxation therapy administered to caesarean section mothers in the experimental group was found to be effective in reducing the level of pain and stress.