Katherine Golding1, Ian Kneebone2, Chris Fife-Schaw3. 1. Clinical Neuropsychology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital, UK katherine.golding@nhs.net. 2. Clinical and Health Psychology Research Initiative, University of Western Sydney, Australia. 3. School of Psychology, University of Surrey, UK.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To consider relaxation as a potential treatment for anxiety in stroke survivors living in the community, including feasibility and acceptability. DESIGN: Randomised two group design (intervention and control). PARTICIPANTS: All participants (n = 21) were stroke survivors living in the community who reportedexperiencing anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale - Anxiety Subscale ⩾ 6). INTERVENTIONS: 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. RESULTS: 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. CONCLUSIONS: Preliminary evidence suggests that autogenic relaxation training delivered in a self-help CD format is a feasible and acceptable intervention, and that anxiety is reduced in stroke survivors who received the intervention. Future studies should seek to recruit a larger and more heterogeneous sample of 70 participants.
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OBJECTIVE: To consider relaxation as a potential treatment for anxiety in stroke survivors living in the community, including feasibility and acceptability. DESIGN: Randomised two group design (intervention and control). PARTICIPANTS: All participants (n = 21) were stroke survivors living in the community who reported experiencing anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale - Anxiety Subscale ⩾ 6). INTERVENTIONS: 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. RESULTS: 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. CONCLUSIONS: Preliminary evidence suggests that autogenic relaxation training delivered in a self-help CD format is a feasible and acceptable intervention, and that anxiety is reduced in stroke survivors who received the intervention. Future studies should seek to recruit a larger and more heterogeneous sample of 70 participants.
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