Bohachick P
Nurs Res. 1984 Sep-Oct;33(5):283-7.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of progressive relaxation training as a stress management technique for cardiac patients who were participants in a cardiac exercise program. After pretesting, 18 patients received 3 weeks of relaxation training in addition to their exercise therapy; a control group of 19 patients was not taught the technique. Pretesting used two instruments to measure stress levels-the Spielberger State-Anxiety Scale and selected dimensions of the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised. At the completion of the relaxation training program, both groups of patients were retested on stress-level measures. An analysis of covariance was used to test for the effects of the relaxation training program. The findings were: posttreatment mean anxiety scores for the treatment group were significantly lower (p less than .05) than that of the control group; and the posttest scores for the treatment group were significantly lower for the dimensions of (p less than .01) somatization and interpersonal sensitivity and (p less than .05) anxiety and depression than that of the control group. No systematic changes were induced in either the obsessive-compulsive or hostility dimension scores by the relaxation program.
本研究的目的是调查渐进性放松训练作为一种压力管理技术，对参与心脏锻炼计划的心脏病患者的影响。在进行预测试后，18名患者除了接受运动疗法外，还接受了3周的放松训练；19名患者组成的对照组未接受该技术的教导。预测试使用了两种工具来测量压力水平——斯皮尔伯格状态焦虑量表和症状自评量表90修订版的选定维度。在放松训练计划结束时，两组患者都重新进行了压力水平测量。使用协方差分析来检验放松训练计划的效果。研究结果如下：治疗组治疗后的平均焦虑得分显著低于对照组（p小于0.05）；治疗组在躯体化、人际敏感维度以及焦虑和抑郁维度的后测得分显著低于对照组（躯体化和人际敏感维度p小于0.01，焦虑和抑郁维度p小于0.05）。放松计划未在强迫或敌对维度得分上引起系统性变化。
