Observational studyMedicine2020
Effects of progressive muscle relaxation training on negative emotions and sleep quality in COVID-19 patients: A clinical observational study.
Observational study in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05504460 (A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness and Safety of Hydrogen-Oxygen Generator With Nebulizer for Rehabilitation Treatment of Dysfunctions in Discharged Patients Who Are Previously Hospitalized Due to COVID-19), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness and Safety of Hydrogen-Oxygen Generator With Nebulizer for Rehabilitation Treatment of Dysfunctions in Discharged Patients Who Are Previously Hospitalized Due to COVID-19
Who cites it
29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Psychological and Physical Benefits of Progressive Muscle Relaxation in Chronic Respiratory Diseases: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Psychophysiological Adaptations to Exercise Training in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review.BioMed research international · 2024Pooled it
- Guiding future research on psychological interventions in people with COVID-19 and post COVID syndrome and comorbid emotional disorders based on a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of progressive muscle relaxation as an add-on to pulmonary telerehabilitation in discharged patients with COVID-19: A randomised controlled trial.Complementary therapies in clinical practice · 2023Trial
- An integrated intervention combining cognitive-behavioural stress management and progressive muscle relaxation improves immune biomarkers and reduces COVID-19 severity and progression in patients with COVID-19: A randomized control trial.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2022Trial
- Heterogeneity of depressive symptoms and associated factors in Korean adults: a latent class analysis using a national data survey.Journal of Korean biological nursing science · 2026Article
- Impact of Relaxation and Music Intervention on Psychological and Gastrointestinal Health in Military Recruits: A Prospective Study.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Combined Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Progressive Muscle Relaxation in Treating Long-Term COVID-19 Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Effect of physical activity on anxiety and depression in COVID-19 adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.iScience · 2024Article
- Post-sepsis psychiatric disorder: Pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024Review
- Progressive muscle relaxation alleviates anxiety and improves sleep quality among healthcare practitioners in a mobile cabin hospital: a pre-post comparative study in China.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Progressive muscle relaxation in pandemic times: bolstering medical student resilience through IPRMP and Gagne's model.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Polysomnographic parameters in long-COVID chronic insomnia patients.Dialogues in clinical neuroscience · 2023Article
- Depression and Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Epidemiology, Mechanism, and Treatment.Neuroscience bulletin · 2023Review
- A randomized controlled trial examining a Tranquil sitting intervention compatible with Confucian values.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Sleep in hospitalized pediatric and adult patients - A systematic review and meta-analysis.Sleep medicine: X · 2022Article
- International PRISMA scoping review to understand mental health interventions for depression in COVID-19 patients.Psychiatry research · 2022Article
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- Recent Advances in Chest Rehabilitation during COVID-19 Outbreak: A Systematic Review.Journal of lifestyle medicine · 2022Review
- Impact of Virtual Training of Jacobson and Benson Relaxation Techniques on the Anxiety among Home-Isolated COVID-19 Patients.Tanaffos · 2022Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
This study investigates the effect of progressive muscle relaxation training on negative mood and sleep quality in Coronavirus Pneumonia (COVID-19) patients.COVID-19 is an emerging infectious disease, and there is still uncertainty about when the outbreak will be contained and the effectiveness of treatments. Considering that this disease is highly contagious, patients need to be treated in isolation. This may lead to psychological symptoms such as anxiety and depression, and even sleep problems.This study is a clinical observation study.Participants included 79 COVID-19 patients admitted to a designated hospital for COVID-19 patients in Wuhan from February to March, 2020. Patients were selected and assigned to the control group and the observation group according to their wishes, with 40 and 39 cases in each group, respectively. The control group received routine treatment and nursing, and the observation group received progressive muscle relaxation training, in addition to the routine treatment and nursing. We compared scores of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Scale (PSQI), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) before and after the intervention.There was no significant difference in PSQI, GAD-7, and PHQ-9 scores between the control group and the observation group before the intervention (P > .05). After the intervention, the difference in scores of PSQI, GAD-7, and PHQ-9 in the 2 groups were statistically significant (P < .05).Progressive muscle relaxation training can significantly reduce anxiety and depression and improve sleep quality in COVID-19 patients during isolation treatment.Progressive muscle relaxation training was shown to improve the treatment effect of patients and is worthy of clinical promotion.
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