Effectiveness of guided imagery on stress of the Psychiatric Patients ’caregivers in psychiatric ward at GRH, Madurai. To evaluate the effectiveness of guided imagery on stress & associate the stress level with their socio demographic variables. True experimental design, 60 caregivers were selected by simple random sampling. Pretest was done for both groups, Guided Imagery given once day for 5 consecutive days for experimental group then posttest was conducted for both groups on day 6 by using DASS 14 scale. There was a significant reduction in stress after intervention in the experimental group. The result of guided imagery is additional benefit to reduce stress with their selected socio demographic variables.
Guided imagery, stress, care givers, psychiatric patients
