The Effect of Benson’s Relaxation Technique on Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Post Stroke Patients

BACKGROUND: Stroke continues to be a serious medical issue. Most stroke survivors report experiencing emotional and behavioral changes after their stroke. Individuals who have reduced motor function usually go through a lot of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress as a result of pain, loss of control over their motor abilities, difficulty performing functional tasks that they used to do with easily, and incapacity to make judgments in life. The patient may have significant difficulties with ADLs, emotional instability, agitation from his impairment, and even panic attacks. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of Benson’s relaxation technique on depression, anxiety, and stress in post stroke patients. METHODOLOGY: 30 subjects with post stroke are taken into consideration from large number of subjects. The subjects are selected by proper screening, fulfilling the both inclusive and exclusive criteria. Once selected, the participants will be assigned randomly to either, experimental (n=15) or control (n=15) groups. The control group received routine care [conservative treatment only] and experimental group received the Benson relaxation technique along with conservative treatment for 12 sessions of 60-minute thrice a week for 4 weeks. The DASS-21 scale was completed by samples before and after the intervention. Keywords: Post stroke, Depression, Anxiety, stress, Benson’s Relaxation technique, DASS-21 Scale [ Depression, Anxiety, Stress scale-21].