<![CDATA[Nurse as health workers who care for patients diagnosed with Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) may, unfortunately, has been an experience of psychosocial problems in general, anxiety in particular. The primary source of anxiety in nurses throughout the COVID?19 pandemic was fear of turning into infected or unknowingly infecting others. This study aimed to determine the impact of progressive muscle relaxation on anxiety. This quasi-experimental (pre-test-post-test) study turned into conducted on 46 covid nurses inside the hospital of HasriAinun Habibie in Gorontalo. The participants had been selected the use of the purposive sampling approach then divided into two groups, intervention (n = 23) and control (n = 23). within the intervention group, participants obtained progressive muscle relaxation the usage of theory education through video and exercise. DASS (depression anxiety stress Scale) 42 was used to measured anxiety levels. The results confirmed that within the intervention group mean score of anxiety level significantly decreased analyzed by using Wilcoxon signed ranked test (P = 0.000) and there has been a significant difference between groups through Mann Whitney (P=0.011). This study concluded that progressive muscle relaxation can be used as an powerful technique to decrease the anxiety level of nurses in COVID units.]]>
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