The effects of relaxation training on depression and anxiety in people living with long-term neurological conditions.

CONCLUSION: Relaxation training is proposed as a clinically effective treatment for anxiety and depression in people living with long-term neurological conditions, which could in turn lead to better functional outcomes of neurorehabilitation. The program investigated here has additional benefits of being delivered in people's own homes, which overcomes barriers to attending hospital, and is consistent with trends towards home as opposed to hospital care. This program may also be less costly to administer as it can be delivered as part of a stepped-care program by therapy assistants under supervision from qualified staff, and encourages self-management over the longer term. Design limitations may reduce the generalisability of these findings, but are clinically encouraging and should stimulate further research. Implications for Rehabilitation Relaxation training…• could be offered as an effective first-line intervention, as an alternative to medication to treat anxiety and depression to people living with Long-Term Neurological Conditions is a self-management strategy which can be taught in people's own homes, if getting out of the house is difficult can be delivered as a stepped-care intervention via therapy assistants, helping to reduce costs and demands on rehabilitation services may help to improve the functional outcomes of wider rehabilitation interventions by addressing psychological issues which can be a barrier. PMID: 30653375 [PubMed - as supplied by pu...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research