Treating insomnia with a self-administered muscle relaxation training program: a follow-up.
22 subjects seeking psychological help for problems of insomnia were trained to use a self-administered treatment package which contained a booklet explaining the problem and outlining the training program in detail and a tape with three versions of progressive relaxation training. A follow-up study one year later indicated that 90% of the subjects had trained according to the instructions and that 82% experienced a positive effect on sleep both with respect to falling asleep, staying asleep, and consumption of sleeping pills. It was concluded that self-administered relaxation training seems a cheap, convenient, and effective means of treating insomnia.
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Department of Social Sciences, University of Orebro, Sweden.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009126:Muscle Relaxation; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology*; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*