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

Golding, K; Kneebone, IAN; Fife-Schaw, CHRIS

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

Golding, K Kneebone, IAN

Fife-Schaw, CHRIS

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Citation:: Clinical Rehabilitation, 2016, 30 (2), pp. 174 - 180
Issue Date:: 2016-02-01

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dc.contributor.author	Golding, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kneebone, IAN https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3324-7264	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Fife-Schaw, CHRIS	en_US
dc.date.available	2015-02-08	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-02-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Clinical Rehabilitation, 2016, 30 (2), pp. 174 - 180	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0269-2155	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/123691
dc.description.abstract	© The Author(s) 2015. 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 ≥3/4 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.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Clinical Rehabilitation	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0269215515575746	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Rehabilitation	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Autogenic Training	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Self Care	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Statistics, Nonparametric	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Feasibility Studies	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Pilot Projects	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Anxiety Disorders	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Tape Recording	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Aged	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Aged, 80 and over	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Middle Aged	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Female	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Male	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Stroke	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Relaxation Therapy	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	United Kingdom	en_US
dc.title	Self-help relaxation for post-stroke anxiety: A randomised, controlled pilot study	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	30	en_US
utslib.for	1701 Psychology	en_US
utslib.for	11 Medical and Health Sciences	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Graduate School of Health
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.issue	2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	30	en_US

Abstract:

© The Author(s) 2015. 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 ≥3/4 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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