'It Helped Me to Disconnect My Mind from the Problems': The Subjective Experiences of People with Schizophrenia Taking Part in a Concurrent Exercise Program.

Autor: Tous-Espelosin, Mikel, Crone, Diane, Ruiz de Azua, Sonia, Iriarte-Yoller, Nagore, Sampedro, Agurne, Maldonado-Martín, Sara
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Zdroj: Issues in Mental Health Nursing; Aug2023, Vol. 44 Issue 8, p717-725, 9p
Abstrakt: The aim of this study was to investigate the subjective experiences of a concurrent exercise program designed to improve both physical and mental health, through participation, for people with schizophrenia. Participants diagnosed with schizophrenia (n = 35, 41.6 ± 10.3 years) received an intensive concurrent exercise program for a 5-month duration, three times a week, at out-of-hospital facilities. Qualitative data was collected via individual, semi-structured interviews, organized, and analyzed with thematic analysis. The findings highlight the participants' perspective in supporting an out-of-hospital exercise program as an acceptable and beneficial adjunct to usual treatment in people with schizophrenia for holistic health improvements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index