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Effect of progressive muscle relaxation on the caregiver burden and level of depression among caregivers of older patients with a stroke: A randomized controlled trial.

Cemile Kütmeç YilmazGüler Duru AşiretFunda ÇetinkayaGülay OludaĞSevgisun Kapucu
Published in: Japan journal of nursing science : JJNS (2018)
This study showed that there was a statistically significant decrease in the caregiver burden and level of depression among the caregivers in the intervention group after progressive muscle relaxation exercises, but that there was no statistically significant difference when the intervention and control groups were compared.
Keyphrases
  • randomized controlled trial
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