Effects Of Massage On Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Objective: To compare the clinical efficacy of massage therapy and medicine (Paxil)therapy in the treatment of clinical treatment of generalized anxiety disorder.Methods:60patients with generalized anxiety disorder were randomly divided into the massagegroup and western medicine group,30cases in each group, patients are generally notsignificantly different in personal information, and set30normal controls. Before theexperiment, each patient was tested with the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA) test andassaied with plasma levels of5-HT quiz. Massage group uses traditional massagetreatment, western medicine group took paroxetine hydrochloride tablets for treatment.After the experiment, each patient was tested with the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA)test and treatment side effects scale (TESS) assessment and assaied with plasma levelsof5-HT quiz. Results: The clinical therapeutic effects of massage group total effectiverate was93.3%and in the western medicine group it was96.7%, the difference was notsignificant (P>0.05). After treatment, the plasma levels of5-HT decreased in both twogroups of patients comparing with pre-treatment, and the difference was significant(massage group: P <0.05, WM group: P <0.001); between treatment groups was notsignificant (P>0.05) after treatment, the difference between the massage group5-HTlevels in plasma of patients with normal group was marginally significant (P=0.0726),and the WM group differences in the plasma of patients with normal levels of5-HTgroup was significantly (P <0.05). After treatment, patients HAMA score wassignificantly lower than before treatment (P <0.05), the difference between treatmentgroups was not significant (P>0.05). Massage group’s referral scores were significantlylower than western medicine group (P <0.05). The massage group patients’ TESS scoreswere significantly lower than western medicine group (P <0.05). The incidence ofadverse reactions in massage group was significantly lower than western medicinegroup (P <0.05). Conclusion: First, massage can effectively reduce plasma5-HT levelsof generalized anxiety patients, but a cure has not yet reached the normal level in a shorttime, in addition the efficacy of western medicine is better than the efficacy of a shortmassage. Second, the side reaction rate of massage therapy treatment of generalizedanxiety disorder is lower than western medicine. Third, the long-term effects of massagetherapy is superior than western medicine.