Effect Of Progressive Relaxation Technique Research Articles

Comparative effect of progressive relaxation technique and Benson's technique on anxiety and fatigue in cancer survivors - an experimental study

Background and Purpose: Anxiety and fatigue is a common symptom that is seen in cancer survivors, who have recently been diagnosed as well as those who are undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy as they are emotionally distressed. Progressive relaxation technique and Benson's relaxation is seen to be efficacious in lowering anxiety and fatigue in cancer survivors as individual treatment. To compare the depiction of progressive relaxation technique and Benson's technique on anxiety using Hamilton anxiety scale (HAM-A), blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR), and fatigue using cancer fatigue scale (CFS). Materials and Methods: A randomized clinical trial (chit method) was carried out on 42 subjects with cancer related anxiety and fatigue. Subjects were randomly allotted to Group A and Group B. Group A was administered Progressive relaxation technique. Group B was administered Benson's technique. Primary outcome measures used were Hamilton Anxiety Scale and Cancer fatigue scale, secondary outcome measures were HR and BP. Outcomes were evaluated at baseline, immediate and after 5 days of the treatment. Results: The results were analyzed using independent t test for comparing the 2 groups. On comparing group, A and B for baseline to immediate and baseline to after 5 days, using HAM-A, BP, HR, CFS, no statistical significance was found. Whereas within group analysis (within group A and B) showed significant reduction in anxiety and fatigue in cancer survivors, with a P value significant at <0.05 as seen from baseline to immediate and baseline to 5 days, with 0.7 effect size. Conclusion: The study concludes that both Progressive relaxation technique and Benson's technique are equally effective in reducing anxiety and PRT lowers fatigue more effectively than Benson's technique in cancer survivors.

Effect of Progressive Relaxation Technique on the Anxiety Level of the Psychiatric Patients before Electro Convulsive Therapy

Background: Electroconvulsive therapy is one of the most effective and rapidly-acting treatments for many psychiatric conditions as major depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. The majority of psychiatric patients describe electroconvulsive therapy as a frightening treatment and they experience high level of anxiety before receiving it or when the decision to receive it is made. Aim: Is to determine the effect of progressive relaxation technique on the psychiatric patient's anxiety level before electroconvulsive therapy. Subjects and Method: A quasi-experimental design was used in this study that carried out at the inpatient units at Port Said Psychiatric Health Hospital. The subjects of the study compromised sixty psychiatric inpatients to whom electroconvulsive therapy were prescribed regardless of their diagnosis. They were divided into two equal groups (study and control) with thirty patients in each group. The study data were collected by using the Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory (STAI), in addition to personal and clinical data questionnaire. Results: The revealed that there are significant differences between controls and studied group of patients in relation to presence of someone who support patients socially and psychologically especially relatives during treatment at hospital. Most of control and studied group had mild anxiety after progressive relaxation technique. Finally, there were significant differences between before and after progressive relaxation in studied group. Recommendations: Progressive relaxation technique may be used as complementary treatment to decrease the hospitalized psychiatric patient's anxiety. The psychiatric nurse can easily apply this technique to manage patients’ anxiety.

COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VISUAL IMAGERY TECHNIQUE AND PROGRESSIVE RELAXATION TECHNIQUE ON ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION IN SUBJECTS WITH MODERATE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

Objectives: (1) To determine the effectiveness of visual imagery technique (VIT) on anxiety and depression in moderate chronic obstructive lung disease, (2) to determine the effectiveness of progressive relaxation technique (PRT) on anxiety and depression in moderate chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), and (3) to compare the effectiveness of VIT and PRT on anxiety and depression in moderate COPD.Methods: Ethical clearance was obtained from the institutional ethical committee. A total of 45 stable moderate COPD patients were selected by simple random sampling, according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. 22 patients of Group A received VIT and 23 of Group B received PRT with a baseline treatment of conventional physiotherapy in both groups for 60 minutes twice a day for 5 days in the Pulmonology Department, Krishna Hospital, Karad.Result: Statistics was analyzed using paired t-test and unpaired t-test. In pre-intervention, there was no statistically significant difference seen for depression anxiety stress scale (DASS21) (p=D 0.0189, A 0.0002, S &lt;0.0001) (t=D 2.440, A 4.053, S 5.105), hospital anxiety depression scale (HADS) (p=D 0.7677, A 0.5121) (t=D 0.2973, A 0.6610), and 6-min walk test (6MWT) (p=D 0.5948, RPE 0.0658) (t=D 0.5359, RPE 1.888). On comparing, the post-interventional values between the two groups using unpaired t-test proved that there was extremely statistically significant difference seen for DASS21 (p=D 0.0011, A &lt;0.0001, S &lt;0.0001) (t=D 3.504, A 9.220, S 13.508), HADS (p=D &lt;0.0001, A &lt;0.0001) (t=D &lt;0.0001, A &lt;0.0001), and 6MWT (p=distance 0.7041, RPE &lt;0.0001) (t=distance 0.3824, RPE &lt;0.0001).Conclusion: VIT along with conventional physiotherapy was significant both statistically and clinically compared to PRT on anxiety and depression in moderate COPD patients.

Effect of progressive relaxation technique in reducing epileptic seizures among adolescents

Epilepsy is a serious and a common neurological condition of which the medical, psychological and social implications are far-reaching and there is still a paucity of research in the psychology and social issues in epilepsy. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of progressive relaxation technique in reducing epileptic seizures among adolescents. The study was carried out on a convenience sample of 28 secondary school students attending the school health insurance center Beni-Suef city using a quasi-experimental design with pre-post assessment. Data collection tools included an interview questionnaire for the personal and disease characteristics; stress level was assessed using Cohen's (1994) 10-question tool. After a pretest, the researchers trained the participants in applying a stress management exercise, and asked them to practice it at home and to document the frequency and duration of daily practice using a diary for eight weeks. The post-intervention stress level was assessed using the same tool. The results revealed statistically significant changes in all ten items of the stress scale, with a median post-pre total difference of -0.3 ( p < .001). The number of seizures decreased from a median of 3/week to one seizure in the last four weeks of follow-up ( p < .001). A statistically significant weak negative correlation was found between the frequency of seizures and the number of progressive relaxation techniques practiced. The study findings indicate the effectiveness of a simple technique in improving the life of adolescents having epilepsy. However, the small sample size could not show the correlation between the practice of this relaxation technique and the frequency of the seizures. A randomized controlled clinical trial is recommended to confirm the findings.