School of Health Science and Social Care, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2012 Sep;58(5):488-95. doi: 10.1177/0020764011408655. Epub 2011 Aug 3.
Boredom has been reported as a common experience for service users of acute psychiatric wards. It has been associated with negative mental and physical health. Research has yet to show what factors are associated with boredom proneness within the acute psychiatric population.
(1) To investigate the distribution of boredom proneness in a population of mentally ill inpatients according to age, gender, diagnosis, Mental Health Act status and length of stay in hospital. (2) To test the hypothesis that boredom proneness is negatively correlated with autonomous activity levels.
Two self-report questionnaires were used with 55 inpatients of acute psychiatric wards: the Boredom Proneness Scale (Farmer & Sundberg, 1986) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (Zigmond & Snaith, 1983). Questions were also asked about individuals' activity engagement during their current admission. Data on age, gender, diagnosis, ethnicity, Mental Health Act status and length of stay were collected from case notes.
The highest incidence of boredom proneness was in participants with depression. Those detained under the Mental Health Act appeared less boredom prone than those admitted voluntarily. Boredom proneness was not associated with age, gender or length of stay. There was an association between engagement in more autonomous activities and lower boredom proneness.
无聊感被报道为急性精神病病房患者的常见体验。它与负面的心理和身体健康有关。然而，目前还没有研究表明哪些因素与急性精神病患者的易无聊倾向有关。
（1）根据年龄、性别、诊断、精神卫生法状况和住院时间，调查精神病住院患者中易无聊倾向的分布情况。（2）检验易无聊倾向与自主活动水平呈负相关的假设。
使用两份自我报告问卷对 55 名急性精神病病房的住院患者进行了调查：无聊倾向量表（Farmer & Sundberg，1986）和医院焦虑抑郁量表（Zigmond & Snaith，1983）。还询问了他们在当前住院期间的活动参与情况。从病历中收集了年龄、性别、诊断、种族、精神卫生法状况和住院时间等信息。
易无聊倾向发生率最高的是抑郁症患者。根据精神卫生法被拘留的患者比自愿入院的患者易无聊倾向低。易无聊倾向与年龄、性别或住院时间无关。更自主的活动与较低的易无聊倾向之间存在关联。
