The objective of the study was to assess the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation in anxious patients treated at the Day Hospital Department of Psychiatry of the General Hospital Zadar, that is if there is a difference in the severity of anxiety and the degree of relaxation before and after the one-month program of progressive muscle relaxation. The survey was conducted over a period of 2009g. - 2014 and included 474 patients diagnosed with one of the anxiety disorders. Data on the level of anxiety were collected with Anxiety questionnaire at the beginning and at the end of the one-month program. It was found that anxiety at the beginning of the program was greater, and at the end of the program below. Data on the degree of relaxation collected diary before and after each exercise, during the eight times the one-month program. The results indicate that the degree of relaxation is total relaxation at the start of the program the lower level and the higher level of the end of the program. The conclusion is that the progressive muscle relaxation effective in anxious patients included in this special pattern. On the basis of the program, the results and discussion with patients and the results of similar studies, it can be determined that this is a desirable therapeutic procedure that can be used in dealing with anxiety-patient psychiatry. Keywords: progressive muscle relaxation, anxiety disorder, anxiety, relaxation.