Key result
Progressive muscle relaxation significantly improved anxiety, depression, and the mental component summary score of quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (P<0.05).
Why the study?
Does progressive muscle relaxation improve anxiety, depression, and quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension?
Population
130 Han Chinese patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)
Comparison
Progressive muscle relaxation including… vs Hospital-based mild group stretching and balance…
Design
RCT, randomly assigned
Follow-up
12 weeks
Authors
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May support adjunctive PMR for anxiety and depression in PAH; hypothesis-generating and requires larger confirmatory trials.
RCT (n=130)
Randomly assigned
Does progressive muscle relaxation improve anxiety, depression, and quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension?
p-value: p=<0.05
Progressive muscle relaxation is an effective non-pharmacological intervention to improve anxiety, depression, and mental health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Li et al. (2015) conducted an RCT in Pulmonary arterial hypertension (n=130). Progressive muscle relaxation vs. Hospital-based mild group stretching and balance exercises was evaluated on Anxiety, depression, and quality of life (p=<0.05). Progressive muscle relaxation significantly improved anxiety, depression, and the mental component summary score of quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (P<0.05).
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