Effect of Relaxation therapy on Anxiety through Meta-Analysis

Park, Sung Hee; Lee, Pyoung Sook; Han, Kuem Sun

doi:2001.10.3.317

J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs > Volume 10(3); 2001 > Article

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2001;10(3):317-323.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2001.10.3.317 Published online September 30, 2001.

Effect of Relaxation therapy on Anxiety through Meta-Analysis

Sung Hee Park¹, Pyoung Sook Lee², Kuem Sun Han²

¹Health Insurance Review Agency
²Korea University, College of Nursing

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to use meta-analysis to analyze result of 14 studies which investigated the effects of relaxation therapy on Anxiety. The 14 studies analyzed in this work were selected from following sources : MEDLINE search, bibliographies of related studies, main academic journals of nursing in Korea. For the analysis of the data, homogeneity of effect sizes which were calculated based on data in the 14 studies was tested and its average effect size was computed by using meta analysis software package which was developed by Song(1998). The result can be summarized as follows : There were significant differences between experimental and control group after relaxation therapy on Anxiety. Therefore, relaxation therapy have effect on Anxiety. This result suggested that the relaxation therapy is an appropriate nursing intervention for anxiety.

Key Words: Meta analysis; Anxiety; Relaxation therapy