Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Community Ment Health J. 2013 Feb;49(1):121-6. doi: 10.1007/s10597-011-9457-y. Epub 2011 Oct 21.
One form of psychiatric leisure rehabilitation which has only recently been explored for individuals with schizophrenia is Therapeutic Horseback Riding (THBR). This study is the first to examine THBR for Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) patients with schizophrenia. A sample of 6 ACT patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder who reside in the community and 6 mental health care staff participated in 10 weeks of weekly horseback riding sessions with an experienced THBR instructor. Participating patients, staff and the THBR instructor were qualitatively interviewed at the start, during and at the end of the THBR program and these semi-structured interviews were analyzed for recurrent themes. We found that THBR benefitted this group of patients. In spite of our study's limitations, such as its exploratory nature and the small sample size, it demonstrates that THBR has promise and should be further developed and studied for individuals with schizophrenia.
一种最近才被探索用于精神分裂症患者的精神科休闲康复形式是 Therapeutic Horseback Riding（治疗性骑马）。本研究是第一个针对有精神分裂症的Assertive Community Treatment（积极社区治疗）患者进行治疗性骑马的研究。一个由 6 名居住在社区中的有精神分裂症或分裂情感障碍的积极社区治疗患者和 6 名心理健康护理人员组成的样本参加了由经验丰富的治疗性骑马教练进行的 10 周每周骑马课程。在治疗性骑马项目开始时、进行中和结束时，对参与的患者、工作人员和治疗性骑马教练进行了定性访谈，并对这些半结构化访谈进行了反复出现的主题分析。我们发现，治疗性骑马对这组患者有益。尽管我们的研究存在一些局限性，例如其探索性性质和小样本量，但它表明治疗性骑马有潜力，应该进一步开发和研究，以用于精神分裂症患者。
