Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, PO59, SE5 8AF, London, UK.
Eating Disorders National Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Neuropsychiatr. 2022 Jun;36(2):51-59. doi: 10.1007/s40211-021-00392-y. Epub 2021 Jun 15.
The wellbeing of patients with eating disorders is one of the priorities in the "bigger picture" of treatment for eating disorders. Sensory soothing strategies for sensory sensitivities are supportive tools which could be useful in day-care and inpatient clinical programmes.
Evaluation of multiple separate sensory wellbeing workshops consisting of psychoeducation and experiential components delivered in inpatient and intensive day-care services was performed. Participants' self-report questionnaires were evaluated pre- and post-workshop. Additionally, patients' comments and qualitative feedback was collected after completion of the workshop.
There was strong evidence that self-reported awareness of sensory wellbeing, awareness of strategies to enhance sensory wellbeing, and confidence in managing sensory wellbeing increased after the workshops with positive qualitative feedback from participants. The feedback questionnaires highlighted that patients found the sessions useful and were able to use some of the skills and strategies they learned in the workshop.
This pilot work on sensory wellbeing workshops with a protocol-based format was feasible and beneficial for the patient group. Preliminary evidence suggests that delivery of similar workshops could be sensible in addition to treatment as usual in inpatient and day-care programmes.
在进食障碍的治疗中，关注患者的健康福祉是“大局观”的重点之一。针对感官敏感的感官舒缓策略是支持性工具，在日间护理和住院临床项目中可能很有用。
评估了在住院和强化日间护理服务中提供的由心理教育和体验组成的多个单独的感官健康工作坊，评估了参与者的自我报告问卷在工作坊前后。此外，在完成工作坊后收集了患者的意见和定性反馈。
有强有力的证据表明，自我报告的感官健康意识、增强感官健康的策略意识以及管理感官健康的信心在工作坊后有所提高，参与者提供了积极的定性反馈。反馈问卷强调，患者认为这些课程很有用，并且能够在工作坊中使用他们学到的一些技能和策略。
这项基于方案的感官健康工作坊的初步工作对于患者群体是可行且有益的。初步证据表明，在住院和日间护理计划中，除了常规治疗外，提供类似的工作坊可能是明智的。
