by Cheung Yuk Lung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-111). / Abstracts in English and Chinese; questionnaires in Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.i-ii / 摘要 --- p.iii-iv / Abstract --- p.v-vi / Table of Contents --- p.vii-viii / List of Tables --- p.ix / List of Figures --- p.x / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Literature Review / Anxiety --- p.3 / Quality of Life --- p.8 / Quality of Life for Stoma Patients --- p.19 / Progressive Muscle Relaxation in Reducing Anxiety and Promoting Quality of Life --- p.24 / The Rationale of Using PMRT in Reducing Anxiety and Promoting Quality of Life --- p.35 / Summary of Literature Review --- p.38 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Methods / Research Design --- p.40 / Aim and Objectives --- p.41 / Hypotheses --- p.42 / Operational Definitions --- p.43 / Ethical Consideration --- p.44 / Sample --- p.45 / Intervention --- p.47 / Instruments --- p.49 / Data Collection and Randomization --- p.54 / Pilot Study --- p.56 / Method of Data Analysis --- p.57 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- Results / Internal Consistency of the Instruments --- p.59 / Subjects' Characteristics --- p.60 / "Baseline Assessment of State-Anxiety, Trait-Anxiety, QoL-Colostomy and WHO-QoL Scores " --- p.64 / Effect of PMRT on the State-Anxiety and Quality of Life --- p.65 / The Frequency of Practicing PMRT --- p.71 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- Discussion and Conclusion / Discussion --- p.75 / Limitations --- p.84 / Recommendations and Implications for Future Studies --- p.88 / Conclusion --- p.93 / References --- p.95 / Appendixes / Chapter 1 . --- Letters of Ethical Approval / Chapter 2. --- Letter of Request for Access Aapproval / Chapter 3. --- Informed Consent / Chapter 4. --- Questionnaires / Chapter 5. --- Content Validity Index of Chinese Version of QoL-Colostomy