en پژوهشی اصيل Original Research <div><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Aims:</span></b><b> </b><span cambria="" style="font-family:">During the COVID-19 epidemic, the stress and anxiety of nurses were high due to the rapid transmission of the disease. Studies show the effectiveness of the Jacobsen relaxation technique in stress and anxiety control. This study aimed to determine the effect of Jacobsen&#39;s relaxation technique on the anxiety and job stress of nurses caring COVID-19 patients.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Materials & Methods:</span></b><span cambria="" style="font-family:">&nbsp;This clinical trial was carried out on 70 nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in 2021-2022. The subjects were assigned to control and intervention groups by random block sampling. After designing the Jacobsen relaxation application, it was installed on the mobile phones of the subjects in the intervention group. The subjects of the intervention group were asked to perform the Jacobsen relaxation technique 30 minutes every day for one month, whereas the control group did not receive any intervention. The anxiety scale of Spielberger&#39;s state and Esipow occupational stress questionnaires were filled out by the subjects of the two groups before, immediately, and one month after the intervention. Data were analyzed using repeated analysis of variance, Chi-square, and independent T tests through SPSS 19 software.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Findings:</span></b><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> No significant difference was observed in situational and characteristic anxiety and job stress between two groups at different times (p>0.05). There was no significant difference between the average anxiety and occupational stress between the groups at different times (p>0.05).</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Conclusion:</span></b><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> The use of the Jacobsen relaxation technique using a mobile application cannot improve the anxiety and occupational stress of nurses.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""></span></span></span></span><br> <br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="direction:rtl"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri="" light="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#2e74b5"><span style="font-weight:normal"><b><span dir="LTR" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"></div> Jacobsen technique, Nurse, Job stress, Anxiety, Covid-19 183 189 http://jccs.yums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-193-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1 M. Hoseinian hoseinian_1342@yahoo.com 10031947532846004677 10031947532846004677 No Trauma Nursing Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran SH. YosefZad Yosofzad.shahla@gmail.com 10031947532846004678 10031947532846004678 No Trauma Nursing Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran Z. Sadat sadat_z2003@yahoo.com 10031947532846004679 10031947532846004679 No Trauma Nursing Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran N. Mirbagher Ajorpaz salam_20012003@yahoo.co.uk 10031947532846004680 10031947532846004680 Yes Autoimmune Diseases Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran