Twelve month follow-up on a randomised controlled trial of relaxation training for post-stroke anxiety

Golding, K; Fife-Schaw, C; Kneebone, I

Twelve month follow-up on a randomised controlled trial of relaxation training for post-stroke anxiety

Golding, K Fife-Schaw, C Kneebone, I

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Citation:: Clinical Rehabilitation, 2017, 31 (9), pp. 1164 - 1167
Issue Date:: 2017-09-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Golding, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Fife-Schaw, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kneebone, I https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3324-7264	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:14:42Z
dc.date.issued	2017-09-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Clinical Rehabilitation, 2017, 31 (9), pp. 1164 - 1167	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0269-2155	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/72062
dc.description.abstract	© The Author(s) 2016. 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 (‡2(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.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Clinical Rehabilitation	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0269215516682820	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Rehabilitation	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Treatment Outcome	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Follow-Up Studies	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Anxiety Disorders	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Time Factors	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Aged	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	Stroke Rehabilitation	en_US
dc.title	Twelve month follow-up on a randomised controlled trial of relaxation training for post-stroke anxiety	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	9	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	31	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	open_access
pubs.issue	9	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	31	en_US

Abstract:

© The Author(s) 2016. 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 (‡2(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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