Effect of Jacobson's Relaxation Technique on Mental Health in Stroke Survivor: A Case Study

BACKGROUND: Stroke is a condition typically resulting from ischemia or hemorrhage it manifests as an acute focal injury to the central nervous system. Following a stroke, individuals may encounter various functional challenges. However the psychological impact of stroke may end up in stress and anxiety among the survivors. THE IMPACT OF EVENT SCALE (Revised) will assess the overall mental issues faced by the people who are suffering from stroke. . Patients with stroke also usually end up having cognitive failure which is also of major concern so it is really important to assess the cognition in these patients which is being assessed by COGNITION FAILURE QUESTIONNAIRE. There have been limited studies done on effect of stroke on mental health but there has been no study done on effect of Jacobson exercise on mental health in stroke survivors. Need of the study: Disability, difficulty in performing ADLs has led to development of psychological problems which are leading to mental issues in stroke patients. So there is a need to study the effect of Jacobson relaxation techniques with other physiotherapeutic exercise on the mental health of stroke survivor. OBJECTIVE: To know the effect of Jacobson’s relaxation technique with physiotherapeutic exercises on mental health in stroke survivors using impact of event scale revised and cognition failure questionnaire. METHODLOGY: A 63 year old male farmer by occupation with right hand dominance suffered stroke in the month of june’23 was given physiotherapeutic rehabilitation for 4 weeks with Jacobson’s relaxation technique for 3 times a week for 4 weeks using the outcome as impact of event scale revised and cognition failure questionnaire which is used to assess the mental health and the cognition level of patient after any traumatic event, pre and post readings were taken. RESULT: There was significant change in the mental health of the patient. CONCLUSION: This can be concluded that physiotherapeutic exercises clubbed with Jacobson relaxation technique can improve the mental health of patients who are suffering from PTSD occurring due to stroke. Key words: Stroke, Jacobsons relaxation technique, Impact of event scale revised, cognition failure questionnaire, mental health, exercises.