Key result
Benson's relaxation best reduces stress and anxiety in CHD, while emotion regulation training maximizes resilience.
Why the study?
The comparative effectiveness of emotion regulation based on the Gross model versus muscle relaxation technique on stress, anxiety, and resilience in CHD patients was unclear.
Do emotion regulation training based on the Gross model and Benson's muscle relaxation technique improve perceived stress, anxiety, and resilience in patients with coronary heart disease?
RCT (n=60)
Random distribution method
No
Do emotion regulation training based on the Gross model and Benson's muscle relaxation technique improve perceived stress, anxiety, and resilience in patients with coronary heart disease?
p-value: p=0.003 for stress, <0.01 for anxiety, 0.022 for resilience
Both emotion regulation training and muscle relaxation exercises can serve as effective complementary interventions to improve psychological well-being in patients with coronary heart disease.
May support adjunctive stress-reduction techniques in CHD; leaves open optimal approach pending randomized confirmation.
Introduction: This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of the emotion regulation method based on the Gross model and muscle relaxation technique on perceived stress, anxiety, and resilience in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). Material & Methods:This study quasi-experimental study had a pretestposttest design and follow-up and control groups.The statistical population included all patients in the age range of 30-50 years with coronary heart disease who were referred to medical centers and private cardiology clinics in Ilam, Iran, in 2020, of whom 60 people were selected using a random sampling method and divided into three groups by random distribution method.The data collection tools included standard scales of perceived stress, anxiety, and resilience.(Ethic code: IR.IAU.PIAU.REC.1399.010)Findings: The results of repeated measures analysis of variance showed the effectiveness of Benson's relaxation exercises on perceived stress, anxiety, and resilience as well as the effectiveness of emotion regulation training based on the Gross model on perceived stress and anxiety in patients.The comparison of the two treatment models showed that Benson's relaxation exercises could reduce patients' perceived stress and anxiety more effectively.However, emotion regulation training based on the Gross model has been more effective in increasing patients' resilience than Benson's relaxation exercises.Discussion & Conclusion: Based on the obtained results, emotion regulation training based on the Gross model and muscle relaxation exercises can be used as an effective intervention to complement medical treatment and improve patients' general health.
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Ramazani et al. (2022) conducted an RCT in Coronary heart disease (n=60). Emotion regulation based on Gross model and Benson's muscle relaxation vs. No intervention (control) was evaluated on Perceived stress, anxiety, and resilience (p=0.003 for stress, <0.01 for anxiety, 0.022 for resilience). Benson's relaxation exercises reduced perceived stress and anxiety more effectively, whereas emotion regulation training based on the Gross model was more effective in increasing resilience among patients with coronary heart disease.
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