Abstract
Anxiety disorders are relatively common and patients who have been under prolonged medication for anxiety disorders worry about their dependent on the medication in coping with their problems. Due to numerous unpredictable and unstable circumstances in Manipur, people are more prone to develop anxiety disorder (s) and manifests varied anxiety symptoms. Therefore, the present study takes the initiative to evaluate differences between anxiety patients receiving medication alone & medication with progressive muscular relaxation therapy. The sample of the present study consisted of 30 anxiety patients. The cases included in the study are those patients already been diagnosed as Anxiety Disorders and under medication for a minimum duration of 1 year. Anxiety level of the participants were assessed on State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) at two levels i.e. pre and post sessions on relaxation therapy. Pre assessment is done at the initial stage and final assessment is done after a gap of three (3) months. This study finds insignificant difference among the participants with respect to their different socio-demographic profile. However, there is highly significant difference with regard to anxiety level on pre state anxiety (Mean±SD=54.233±5.073, p value= 0.000) and post state anxiety (Mean±SD=49.93±5.601, p value= 0.000).Likewise, there is highly significant difference with regard to anxiety level on pre trait anxiety (Mean±SD=51.50±6.317, p value= 0.000) and post trait anxiety (Mean±SD=47.93±5.86, p value= 0.000). This study finds that medication along with relaxation therapy is more effective than medication alone in treatment of anxiety patients.
Keywords: Anxiety, relaxation therapy.
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Elangbam Priyokumar Singh
M.Phil-Clinical Psychology
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v6i4.47
