Progressive Muscle Relaxation Improves Anxiety and Depression of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients

Table 5

Distribution of anxiety and depression scores at baseline and after intervention.

	Control ()				PMR ()
		T1	T2		T1	T2
HADS-anxiety	≤8	17 (29)	21 (36)	0.56	18 (33)	40 (73)	<0.01
	>8	42 (71)	38 (64)		37 (67)	15 (27)
HADS-depression	≤8	22 (37)	25 (42)	0.71	24 (44)	38 (69)	0.01
	>8	37 (63)	34 (58)		31 (56)	17 (31)

Note: all values were expressed as (%) and comparisons were performed with Chi-square tests. T1: baseline; T2: 12 weeks after baseline; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; PMR: progressive muscle relaxation.