Katherine Golding1, Chris Fife-Schaw2, Ian Kneebone3. 1. 1 Clinical Neuropsychology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital, UK. 2. 2 School of Psychology, University of Surrey, UK. 3. 3 Discipline of Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To follow up participants in a randomised controlled trial of relaxation training for anxiety after stroke at 12 months. DESIGN: Twelve month follow-up to a randomised controlled trial, in which the control group also received treatment. SETTING: Community. PARTICIPANTS: Fifteen of twenty one original participants with post-stroke anxiety participated in a one year follow-up study. INTERVENTIONS: A self-help autogenic relaxation CD listened to five times a week for one month, immediately in the intervention group and after three months in the control group. MAIN MEASURES: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety subscale and the Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status for inclusion. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety subscale for outcome. All measures were administered by phone. RESULTS:Anxiety ratings reduced significantly between pre and post-intervention, and between pre-intervention and one year follow-up ( χ2(2) = 22.29, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Reductions in anxiety in stroke survivors who received a self-help autogenic relaxation CD appear to be maintained after one year.
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OBJECTIVE: To follow up participants in a randomised controlled trial of relaxation training for anxiety after stroke at 12 months. DESIGN: Twelve month follow-up to a randomised controlled trial, in which the control group also received treatment. SETTING: Community. PARTICIPANTS: Fifteen of twenty one original participants with post-stroke anxiety participated in a one year follow-up study. INTERVENTIONS: A self-help autogenic relaxation CD listened to five times a week for one month, immediately in the intervention group and after three months in the control group. MAIN MEASURES: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety subscale and the Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status for inclusion. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety subscale for outcome. All measures were administered by phone. RESULTS:Anxiety ratings reduced significantly between pre and post-intervention, and between pre-intervention and one year follow-up ( χ2(2) = 22.29, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Reductions in anxiety in stroke survivors who received a self-help autogenic relaxation CD appear to be maintained after one year.
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