[ABSTRAK
Gangguan jiwa merupakan penyakit tidak menular yang menjadi masalahkesehatan masyarakat, baik didunia maupun di Indonesia. Jumlah gangguan jiwadi Kabupaten Kendal meningkat sehingga meningkatnya stres pada keluarga.Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi pengaruh relaksasi otot progresifterhadap tingkat stres keluarga dalam merawat klien gangguan jiwa berat di PoliJiwa RSUD Dr. H. Soewondo Kendal. Desain penilitian quasi eksperiment preposttest with control group dengan 96 sampel secara purposive sampling, 48yang mandapat terapi dan 48 kelompok yang tidak mendapat terapi.. Hasilpenelitian ada perbedaan yang bermakna antara tingkat stres responden padakelompok yang mendapat dan yang tidak mendapat terapi relaksasi otot progresif(P Value= 0,001). Rekomendasi penelitian ini bahwa terapi relaksasi ototprogresif sebaiknya diberikan pada keluarga klien gangguan jiwa yang merupakancare giver utama sebagai upaya mengatasi tingkat stres keluarga dalam merawatklien gangguan jiwa

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ABSTRACT
Mental disorders are not contagious disease that is public health problem, both inthe world and in Indonesia. In kendal the number of mental disorders increase soincreasing the level of family stress. The purpose of this study to identify theeffect of progressive muscle relaxation on the level of family stress in caring forclients of mental disorders in Poli Jiwa RSUD Dr. H. Soewondo Kendal. Quasiexperiments research design pre-post test with control group with 96 sampels bypurposive sampling ,48 groups received therapy and 48 groups did not receivetherapy. The results showed that a progressive muscle relaxation exercisesignificant difference between the stress levels in the group who received and didnot receive therapy (P Value= 0.001). Recommendations of this research thatprogressive muscle relaxation therapy should be given to families who are clientsof mental disorders as a primary care giver stress levels of families cope withcaring for clients in mental disorders.;Mental disorders are not contagious disease that is public health problem, both inthe world and in Indonesia. In kendal the number of mental disorders increase soincreasing the level of family stress. The purpose of this study to identify theeffect of progressive muscle relaxation on the level of family stress in caring forclients of mental disorders in Poli Jiwa RSUD Dr. H. Soewondo Kendal. Quasiexperiments research design pre-post test with control group with 96 sampels bypurposive sampling ,48 groups received therapy and 48 groups did not receivetherapy. The results showed that a progressive muscle relaxation exercisesignificant difference between the stress levels in the group who received and didnot receive therapy (P Value= 0.001). Recommendations of this research thatprogressive muscle relaxation therapy should be given to families who are clientsof mental disorders as a primary care giver stress levels of families cope withcaring for clients in mental disorders., Mental disorders are not contagious disease that is public health problem, both inthe world and in Indonesia. In kendal the number of mental disorders increase soincreasing the level of family stress. The purpose of this study to identify theeffect of progressive muscle relaxation on the level of family stress in caring forclients of mental disorders in Poli Jiwa RSUD Dr. H. Soewondo Kendal. Quasiexperiments research design pre-post test with control group with 96 sampels bypurposive sampling ,48 groups received therapy and 48 groups did not receivetherapy. The results showed that a progressive muscle relaxation exercisesignificant difference between the stress levels in the group who received and didnot receive therapy (P Value= 0.001). Recommendations of this research thatprogressive muscle relaxation therapy should be given to families who are clientsof mental disorders as a primary care giver stress levels of families cope withcaring for clients in mental disorders.]