Efficacy of progressive muscle relaxation training in reducing anxiety in patients with acute schizophrenia

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2187-2196

  Chen, Wen Chun ^a   Chu, Hsin ^b   Lu, Ru Band ^c   Chou, Yuan Hwa ^d   Chen, Chung Hua ^e   Chang, Yue Cune ^f   O'Brien, Anthony Paul ^g   Chou, Kuei Ru ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Progressive muscle relaxation training; Randomised controlled trial; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TRAINING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANXIETY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELAXATION THERAPY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68149107700     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02773.x     Document Type: Article

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