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Anxiety and pain are common problems experienced by postoperative patients and may negatively affect physiological and psyhological conditions as well as the recovery process. Management of anxiety and pain can be carried out throught pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches, one of which is the autogenic relaxation technique. This technique is safe, simple easy to learn and does not cause side effects so it can be applied by healthcare professionals and performed independently by patients. This study aimed to determine the effect of autogenic relaxation on anxiety levels and pain intensity in postoperative patients in the general ward. This study employed a pre-experimental design with a pretest-posttest without control approach. The sample consisted of 31 respondents selected using a purposive sampling technique. Data were collected using the Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HRS-A) to measure anxiety levels and the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) to assess pain intensity. The result of the Paired Sample T-test showed a p-value of 0,0001 (< 0,05), indicating a significant decrease in the mean anxiety level from moderate to mild after the intevention. The wilcoxon test also showed a p-value of 0,0001 (< 0,05), demonstrating a significant difference in pain intensity before and after the intervention, from moderate pain to mild pain. It can be cocluded that the autogenic relaxation technique has a significant effect on reducing anxiety levels and pain intensity in postoperative patients. This technique is recommended as a non-pharmacological intervention that can be applied by healthcare professionals to enhance patient comfort and support the postoperative recovery process.

Appendicitis ranks highest among emergency cases in the abdomen if not treated immediately will cause severe infection until the intestinal lumen can rupture. Pain will appear as a nursing problem for patients who have undergone appendectomy surgery because it is an act of removing the infected appendix through surgery. Pain can be minimized, one of which is with autogenic relaxation training. Activities start from measuring vital signs, pain scale, assessing anxious expressions, then autogenic relaxation training. Education is carried out to assess the knowledge of the community with a history of post-appendectomy surgery about autogenic relaxation and is carried out in collaboration with local village officials. The method used in this activity is counseling about autogenic relaxation training from a team of nursing lecturers and nursing students as many as 36 respondents. The results obtained from respondents before being given education were 36 people who stated that they did not know about autogenic relaxation training and the pain scale felt was above 6 after appendectomy surgery. The output of the PkM that has been implemented is expected to increase knowledge about autogenic relaxation training after autogenic relaxation training is implemented in the community.

Background: Hypertension is one of the factors that is the main cause of death for stroke sufferers and is also a factor that can aggravate heart attacks. Non-pharmacological treatment usually includes exercise, improving diet and relaxing. Autogenic relaxation is relaxation that comes from oneself by using a word or sentence that calms a person's mind and is proven to be able to control several body functions such as blood pressure and blood flow. Objective: To determine the application of autogenic relaxation to reduce blood pressure in hypertension patients in the lotus ward at RSUD dr. Soediran Mangun Sumarso Wonogiri. Method: Autogenic relaxation with patients suffering from hypertension was carried out on 2 respondents for 3 days with a duration of 15-20 minutes and blood pressure was measured before and after application. Results: It was found that there was an effect of autogenic relaxation on reducing blood pressure in the blood pressure of respondents Mrs. W 215/109 to 177/96 and Mrs. N 173/100 to 158/92. Conclusion: Based on research that has been conducted, auogenic relaxation has been proven to be significant in reducing blood pressure in hypertension patients.      

The Healthy Indonesia Program through a family approach seeks to encourage community independence to live a healthy life. This effort requires the involvement of various parties, including health cadres as intermediaries/liaisons between the community and health workers. Health cadres are community members who are selected and provided with health skills through training by health service facilities or local health centers. Health cadres also need to be given training on fatigue management because every individual can experience fatigue which will be a source of health problems for both individuals and families. Fatigue is a common symptom of many mild to serious medical conditions, even leading to death. The purpose of this community service activity is to provide fatigue management training to health cadres. The specific target of this PKM activity is the implementation of health education and training on fatigue management for health cadres in RW 13 Beringin Village. The method used is training, including providing health education on fatigue management, training cadres to carry out non-pharmacological fatigue therapy and assistance in the application of non-pharmacological fatigue therapy, evaluation of activities carried out by giving pre and posttest questionnaires on fatigue management. The results of community service most of the participants, 60%, have good knowledge, participants are able to demonstrate autogenic relaxation correctly and apply it in everyday life and inform residents during posbindu activities.

Autogenic Relaxation Therapy is an exercise of one of the relaxation techniques that comes from oneself in the form of short sentences to be able to make the mind peaceful. The aim was to determine the effect of autogenic relaxation therapy on acute pain levels in abdominal pain patients with post appendectomy in the flamboyant room of Rumkti Tk II Robert Wolter Mongisidi Manado. The research method is qu a si experiment with One group pre test and post test design design with a sample of 11 respondents. The sampling technique using Total Sampling is a sampling method using SOPs and observation sheets. Furthermore, the collected data was processed using McNemar's statistical test. The results showed that most respondents experienced changes after doing Autogenic Relaxation Therapy. The results of data analysis tested using McNemar obtained results p = 0.004 (a < 0.005) meaning that there was an effect of autogenic relaxation therapy on post-appendectomy patients in the flamboyant room of Rumkit TK II Robert Wolter Mongisidi Manado.  Conclusion There is an effect of autogenic relaxation therapy on acute pain levels in abdominal pain patients with post appendectomy in the flamboyant room of Robert Wolter Mongisidi Kindergarten II Hospital.

Background: Life in prison can trigger stress that affects blood pressure. One way to control blood pressure in hypertensive patients is to use non-pharmacological therapy interventions. One of them is to use autogenic relaxation and music therapy methods. Purpose: This study aimed to determine the effect of autogenic and music therapy on reducing blood pressure for inmates. Method: The research method is quasi-experimental, with one group pretest and posttest design. This research was conducted in a prison in the Surabaya area. The total sample of this study is 20 respondents. Result: After autogenic and music relaxation therapy, participants with normal blood pressure levels increased to 60%. Based on the Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test result, it's known that p-value = 0,001 with (?<0.05), which means this program may affect participants' blood pressure. Conclusion: The use of autogenic and music therapy may reduce blood pressure. This program significantly lowered participants' perception of stress, and it enhanced their perception of health

Hypertension is a condition where systolic blood pressure is equal to or more than 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure is more than or equal to 90 mmHg. The cause of hypertension can be influenced by genetic factors, environmental factors or influenced by a combination of these two factors. From the causative factors, hypertension can be classified into 2, namely: primary or essential hypertension for which the cause is not known, and secondary hypertension which is hypertension arising from other diseases. According to the American Heart Association in 2019, there were about 4 billion people on the Asian continent, but levels of awareness, treatment and blood pressure control tend to be low. The Chinese population has a presentation of 47% of the population who are aware and check themselves for hypertension, 14% of whom are undergoing treatment. Singapore has 74% of people aware of hypertension and 69% undergoing treatment. In America, about 46% of adults have hypertension, about 40% of whom are African-American-non-Hispanic men and women. Women aged 20 to 34 years, 13% had hypertension; nearly 86% of the condition was in their mid-70s. Men at that age also had the same condition, increasing from about 26% to 80%.