Lan Yu Li, Ping Lieh Yung, Su Li Wen, Chen Chien Chih
Department of Health Administration, Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital Yuli Branch, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Psychiatry Investig. 2022 Mar;19(3):171-177. doi: 10.30773/pi.2021.0128. Epub 2022 Feb 25.
To explore the impact of the participation of patients with chronic mental illness in health promotion activities on their physical, psychological, and social functions.
This study included inpatient with chronic mental illness from a hospital in Eastern Taiwan. According to the experimental research design, the selected subjects were randomly divided into a health promotion group and a control group, with 60 people in each group. The health promotion team conducts health promotion activities twice a week, each for approximately 50 minutes, over the course of eight weeks (16 times in total). The measurement instrument adopts the Adult Mental Health Scale (AMHS) scale. Five experts and scholars in related fields are invited to conduct expert validity.
Using independent sample t-tests to analyze the changes in the two groups after 8 weeks, the physical, psychological and social problems of the health promotion group were significantly improved compared with the control group.
Health promotion activities can alleviate the physical illness, anxiety, irritability, depression, and social distress of chronic hospitalized mental patients, and can also increase their positive and optimistic mood. It can provide chronic mental health care institutions to plan patients' physical activities or exercises.
探讨慢性精神疾病患者参与健康促进活动对其身体、心理和社会功能的影响。
本研究纳入了台湾东部一家医院的慢性精神疾病住院患者。根据实验研究设计，将选定的受试者随机分为健康促进组和对照组，每组60人。健康促进团队每周开展两次健康促进活动，每次约50分钟，为期八周（共16次）。测量工具采用成人心理健康量表（AMHS）。邀请5位相关领域的专家学者进行专家效度检验。
采用独立样本t检验分析两组8周后的变化，与对照组相比，健康促进组的身体、心理和社会问题得到显著改善。
健康促进活动可以缓解慢性住院精神患者的身体疾病、焦虑、易怒、抑郁和社会困扰，还可以增加他们积极乐观的情绪。可为慢性精神卫生保健机构规划患者的体育活动或锻炼提供参考。
