An Evaluation of Progressive Muscle Relaxation on Stress Related Symptoms in a Geriatric Population

摘要: Ten highly anxious women, between the ages of sixty-nine and eighty-four, participated in a five month study designed to test hypothesis that progressive muscle relaxation would reduce psychosocial stress group high risk senior citizens. The who had lost their husbands within last years, responded an offer extended nervous citizens participate study. Five women were assigned treatment control group. received two weeks baseline evaluation, ten one hour vivo training, home practice using taped instructions. identical schedule except instead training they pseudorelaxation procedure no practice. All participants evaluated prior at end after training. Participants also measured on following factors: 1) state trait anxiety, 2) self-report tension, 3) hours fall asleep, 4) number nocturnal awakenings, 5) headaches. Results indicate significant differences all measures experimental With exception manifested improvements remaining from For improvement continued during