effect of progressive muscle relaxation technique for anxiety among menopause women

This study aimed to o analyze the effect of muscle relaxation for anxiety among menopause women. This study is a systematic review and meta-analysis. The articles used in this study were obtained from three database, namely PubMed, Science Direct, and Google Scholar. The articles included are full-text article with a study design of randomized controlled trial from 2013 to 2022. Articles were analyzed using the Review Manager 5.3 application. A total of 9 articles from Asia (India, Taiwan & Turkey), Africa (Ethiopia), Europe (Spanyol), and North America (Canada). The data collected showed that anxiety in meno­pausal women who do PMRT will decrease by 0.37 units compared to menopausal women who do not do PMRT, and the results were statistically significant (SMD= -0.37; 95% CI= -0.63 to -0.12; p= 0.004).