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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Effects of a walking program in the psychiatric inpatient treatment setting: a cohort study |
Author: | Ng, F. Dodd, S. Jacka, F. Leslie, E. Berk, M. |
Citation: | Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2007; 18(1):39-42 |
Publisher: | Australian Health Promotion Association |
Issue Date: | 2007 |
ISSN: | 1036-1073 2201-1617 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Ng, F; Dodd, S; Jacka, FN; Leslie, E and Berk M. |
Abstract: | ISSUE ADDRESSED: To assess the effectiveness of a walking program in a psychiatric in-patient unit. METHOD: In-patients at a private psychiatric unit were offered the opportunity to participate in a daily morning 40- minute walk led by an activity supervisor. After discharge, outcomes for patients who had regularly participated in the walking group (n=35) and patients who had not participated (n=49) were compared for length of stay during their period of admission and Clinical Global Impression-Severity (CGI-S) and Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) scores measured at admission and discharge. This was a retrospective analysis of data collected routinely. RESULTS: There were no significant differences between the two cohorts on most primary outcome measures, including length of stay, DASS scores at admission and at discharge and CGI-S scores at admission. Patients who had not participated in the walking group had a significantly lower score on a single measure, the CGI-S, than patients who had participated (p=0.001). CONCLUSIONS: This study showed no evidence that in-patients benefited from participating in the physical activity program. However, this must be interpreted within the confines of a number of study limitations and, as such, the findings can neither support nor refute the effectiveness of physical activities. |
Keywords: | Humans Treatment Outcome Walking Length of Stay Retrospective Studies Cohort Studies Mental Disorders Psychological Tests Middle Aged Hospitals, Psychiatric Female Male |
DOI: | 10.1071/he07039 |
Description (link): | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17501709 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/he07039 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Psychiatry publications |
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