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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 86-94 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Perspectives in Psychiatric Care |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | Apr 22 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 1 2020 |
Keywords
- anxiety
- progressive muscle relaxation
- psychotic symptoms
- quality of life
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Phychiatric Mental Health
