COVID-19 pandemic: study on simple, easy, and practical relaxation techniques while wearing medical protective equipment.
Psychol Med
; 52(7): 1386-1392, 2022 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-728954
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
No studies have reported on how to relieve distress or relax in medical health workers while wearing medical protective equipment in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The study aimed to establish which relaxation technique, among six, is the most feasible in first-line medical health workers wearing medical protective equipment.METHODS:
This was a two-step study collecting data with online surveys. Step 1 15 first-line medical health workers were trained to use six different relaxation techniques and reported the two most feasible techniques while wearing medical protective equipment. Step 2 the most two feasible relaxation techniques revealed by step 1 were quantitatively tested in a sample of 65 medical health workers in terms of efficacy, no space limitation, no time limitation, no body position requirement, no environment limitation to be done, easiness to learn, simplicity, convenience, practicality, and acceptance.RESULTS:
Kegel exercise and autogenic relaxation were the most feasible techniques according to step 1. In step 2, Kegel exercise outperformed autogenic relaxation on all the 10 dimensions among the 65 participants while wearing medical protective equipment (efficacy 24 v. 15, no spacelimitation:
30 v. 4, no timelimitation:
31 v. 4, no body position requirement 26 v. 4, no environmentlimitation:
30 v. 11, easiness to learn 28 v. 5, simplicity 29 v. 7, convenience 29 v. 4, practicality 30 v. 14, acceptance 32 v. 6).CONCLUSION:
Kegel exercise seems a promising self-relaxation technique for first-line medical health workers while wearing medical protective equipment among COVID-19 pandemic.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Psychol Med
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S0033291720003220
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