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OBJECTIVE: To follow up participants in a randomised controlled trial of
relaxation training for anxiety after stroke at 12 months. DESIGN: Twelve month
follow-up to a randomised controlled trial, in which the control group also
received treatment. SETTING: Community. PARTICIPANTS: Fifteen of twenty one
original participants with post-stroke anxiety participated in a one year follow-up study. INTERVENTIONS:
A self-help autogenic relaxation CD listened to
five times a week for one month, immediately in the intervention group and after
three months in the control group. MAIN MEASURES: Hospital Anxiety and Depression
Scale-Anxiety subscale and the Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status for
inclusion. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety subscale for outcome.
All measures were administered by phone. RESULTS:
Anxiety ratings reduced
significantly between pre and post-intervention, and between pre-intervention and
one year follow-up ( chi2(2) = 22.29, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Reductions in
anxiety in stroke survivors who received a self-help autogenic relaxation CD
appear to be maintained after one year.

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