Self-help relaxation for post-stroke anxiety: a randomised, controlled pilot study

Clinical Rehabilitation
Katherine GoldingChris Fife-Schaw

Abstract

To consider relaxation as a potential treatment for anxiety in stroke survivors living in the community, including feasibility and acceptability. Randomised two group design (intervention and control). All participants (n = 21) were stroke survivors living in the community who reported experiencing anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale - Anxiety Subscale ⩾ 6). The intervention group were asked to listen to a self-help autogenic relaxation CD, five times a week, for at least one month. Participants completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale at screening and then monthly for three months. At each assessment following screening, participants who received the relaxation training were significantly more likely to report reduced anxiety compared to those who had not received the training (Month 1 P = 0.002; Month 2 P < 0.001; Month 3 P = 0.001). After one month, seven of the intervention group (n = 10) had completed the relaxation training as directed and planned to continue using it. The intervention appeared practical to deliver and relatively inexpensive, with minimal adverse effects. Preliminary evidence suggests that autogenic relaxation training delivered in a self-help CD format is a feasible and acceptable i...Continue Reading

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Citations

Apr 12, 2016·Nature Reviews. Neurology·José M FerroMaria Luísa Figueira
Dec 10, 2016·Clinical Rehabilitation·Katherine GoldingIan Kneebone
Oct 24, 2017·Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics·Jong S Kim
Nov 24, 2017·Clinical Rehabilitation·Katherine GoldingIan Kneebone
May 24, 2017·The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews·Peter KnappSharon R Lewis
Oct 12, 2017·Applied Neuropsychology. Adult·Rosaria De LucaRocco Salvatore Calabrò
Dec 14, 2019·Neuropsychological Rehabilitation·Anthony Chun ShekSara Katherine Simblett
Sep 4, 2019·Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing·Eunju Seo, Soukyoung Kim
Aug 18, 2020·Nursing Open·Berit Seiger CronfalkMia von Euler
May 15, 2019·Medicine·Rosaria De LucaRocco Salvatore Calabrò
Jan 30, 2021·Seminars in Neurology·Katlyn Nemani, Lindsey Gurin

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