1. Progressive muscle relaxation for patients with chronic schizophrenia: A randomized controlled study.
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Lu, Shu‐Min, Lin, Mei‐Feng, and Chang, Hsiu‐Ju
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MENTAL illness prevention , *SCHIZOPHRENIA treatment , *CHI-squared test , *CHRONIC diseases , *COMPARATIVE studies , *HOSPITAL wards , *PATIENT aftercare , *EVALUATION of medical care , *REHABILITATION of people with mental illness , *MUSCLE contraction , *PSYCHIATRIC nursing , *PSYCHOLOGICAL tests , *QUALITY assurance , *QUALITY of life , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *STATISTICAL sampling , *T-test (Statistics) , *TIME , *RANDOMIZED controlled trials , *PRE-tests & post-tests , *DATA analysis software , *STATE-Trait Anxiety Inventory , *PATIENTS' attitudes , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *EVALUATION ,ANXIETY prevention - Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) as an intervention for anxiety, psychotic symptoms, and quality of life (QOL) in patients with chronic schizophrenia. Design and methods: Eighty patients were recruited from a Taiwanese psychiatry ward. The intervention group received group PMR; control group received treatment‐as‐usual. Results: The results indicated that PMR might have a short‐term effect on reducing anxiety, improving psychotic syndromes, and QOL among patients with chronic schizophrenia; however, the effectiveness at the 3‐month follow‐up was not evident. Practice Implications: Both the psychiatric patients and the health institutions may be able to list PMR as a clinical routine care, and then become a mental health practice strategy for mental patients to improve the quality of mental care. Implications for Nursing Practice: Our studies suggest that prevention of severe mental illness among patients with schizophrenia requires PMR interventions. PMR had an immediate effect, and it is possible that a shorter intervention period using this approach would also be successful. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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