Effect of progressive muscle relaxation training on life quality of PTSD veterans' wives

Introduction: This research was to evaluate the effect of progressive muscle relaxation training on life quality of PTSD war veterans' wives.   Method : This clinical trial quasi-experimental study was carried out on ۲۸ war veterans' wives in Tehran city. They were divided into interventional and control groups, randomly. The educational program was performed for intervention group at ۳ sessions each lasted ۲ hours during a week. However, no training was performed on the control group. The quality of life in both groups was determined before, ۶ weeks after (follow up stage) and ۱۲ weeks after training (final test) by SF۳۶ questionnaire. Data was analyzed by SPSS ۱۲ program and statistical tests.   Results: According to independent t-test results, there was no significant difference in quality of life mean score before training between two groups (p>۰.۰۵) but after intervention, the same test indicated a significant difference between two groups (p

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Keywords: War Veteran's Wife , relaxation , Quality of Life , Post Traumatic Stress Disorder , Training