scholarly journals Changes in Chinese Discharged Chronic Mental Patients Attending a Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program with Holistic Care Elements: A Quasi-Experimental Study

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 2035-2047
Author(s):  
Andrew L. Luk ◽  
Daniel T.L. Shek
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Psychiatric Rehabilitation ◽  
Religious Involvement ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Holistic Care ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Mental Patients ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program

This study attempted to examine the changes and related factors in discharged chronic mental patients attending a psychiatric rehabilitation program in Hong Kong adopting a self-help group (SHG) approach with holistic care emphases on the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual functioning of the program participants. A quasi-experimental design involving an experimental group (109 participants attending the program) and a control group (154 patients from a psychiatric outpatient clinic who had never attended any SHG before) was adopted with the participants responding to measures assessing their functioning in the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual domains. Results showed that those who joined the SHG with holistic care elements had more friends and more social satisfaction than the control subjects. Duration of attendance, religious involvement, and group involvement were three key factors related to the outcomes of the program participants. This pioneering study provides support for the effective use of the SHG approach with holistic care elements to help discharged chronic mental patients in the Chinese culture.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of a Community Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program Led by Laypeople in China: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Chen ◽  
Chow S. Lam ◽  
Hong Deng ◽  
Eva Yau ◽  
Kam ying Ko
Keyword(s):  
Social Functioning ◽  
Psychiatric Rehabilitation ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Community Psychiatric ◽  
The Family ◽  
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program

Background: Community psychiatric rehabilitation has proven effective in supporting individuals and their families in recovering from mental illness. The delivery of evidence-based community rehabilitation services, however, requires health care workers to possess a set of specially trained knowledge and skills. Most developing countries, including China, do not have specially trained mental health personnel. The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility and efficacy of a community psychiatric rehabilitation program delivered by laypeople.Method: We conducted a randomized controlled study. Patients at two sites in Chengdu, China, were randomly assigned to either the laypeople-delivered (LPD) community psychiatric rehabilitation group (N = 49) or the drop-in center control group (N = 45). The outcomes were changes in symptoms, social functioning, and family functioning over 6 months, as measured by the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), the Personal and Social Performance Scale (PSP), the Family Burden Scale of Disease (FBS), and the Family APGAR index.Results: The number of sessions received over the 12-week period of treatment ranged from 20 to 100%, with a mean completion rate of 77.32% for all 12 sessions. Statistically significant interactions between group and time were found for the total PANSS [F(2, 94) = 12.51, p < 0.001] and both the Negative PANSS [F(2, 94) = 5.89, p < 0.01] and Positive PANSS [F(2, 94) = 6.65, p < 0.01] as well as the PSP [F(2, 94) = 3.34, p < 0.05], FBS [F(2, 94) = 5.10, p < 0.01], and Family APGAR index [F(2, 94) = 4.58, p < 0.01]. The results showed that the experimental group outperformed their counterparts in symptom management, personal social functioning, family care burden, and coherence.Conclusion: These results support the feasibility and efficacy of having laypeople deliver psychiatric rehabilitation services. A discussion and limitations of the study have been included.

PERCEIVED PERSONAL CHANGES IN CHINESE EX-MENTAL PATIENTS ATTENDING A HOLISTIC PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION PROGRAM

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. 939-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew L. Luk ◽  
Daniel Shek
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Rehabilitation ◽  
Grid Method ◽  
Repertory Grid ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Personal Construct ◽  
Personal Construct Theory ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Mental Patients ◽  
Personal Changes ◽  
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program

This study was an investigation into perceived personal changes in ex-mental patients attending a psychiatric rehabilitation program in Hong Kong. The program used a self-help group approach with holistic care elements emphasizing the physical, psychological, social and spiritual functioning of the participants. Nineteen participants were invited to complete a repertory grid based on the personal construct theory to measure self-identity changes after joining the program. Results showed that participants perceived positive changes in physical, psychological, social and spiritual dimensions after joining the program, which indicates the value of adopting a holistic psychiatric rehabilitation approach and provides initial support for the use of the repertory grid method in measuring changes in ex-mental patients in the Chinese context.

The effects of exercise therapy on clients in a psychiatric rehabilitation program.

1993 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 75-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas W. Pelham ◽  
Philip D. Campagna ◽  
Paul G. Ritvo ◽  
William A. Birnie
Keyword(s):  
Exercise Therapy ◽  
Psychiatric Rehabilitation ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program

Evaluating the effectiveness of a psychiatric rehabilitation program.

1963 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 701-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Beard ◽  
Raymond B. Pitt ◽  
Saul H. Fisher ◽  
Victor Goertzel
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Rehabilitation ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program

scholarly journals Effect of an educational rehabilitation program on prevention of falls after stroke

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Esmat Sayed Abd-Almageed ◽  
Asmaa Sayed Abd-Almageed ◽  
Marwa Ali Almasry ◽  
Heba Mohamed Fahmy ◽  
Ghaydaa A. Shehata
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Medical Attention ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Group Recommendation ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Assessment Sheet ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Control

Objective: Fall is common in patient with stroke. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of an educational rehabilitation program on prevention of falls after stroke.Methods: Quasi-experimental design was utilized. Setting: Neurology Department and Outpatient Clinics at Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery Hospital at Assiut University. Sample: Sixty adult patients diagnosed with stroke. Patients were equally divided into two equal groups (study and control) 30 patients each. Tools: Tool I-Patient assessment sheet. Tool II-Morse Fall Scale.Results: A statistically significant improvement of circumstances and consequences of falls and decreasing the injuries due to fall (p < .01) among the study group in comparison to the control group ones where, study group showed a decrease in the number of falling episodes (2.07 ± 0.78 vs. 5.4 ± 1.73), an improve in their ability to get up independent (83% vs. 23.3%), no need for medical attention (3.3% vs. 66.7%), and no restriction to their activities after falling (0.0% vs. 56.7%).Conclusions: The educational rehabilitation program had a statistically significant effect on the improvement of circumstances and consequences of falls and decreasing the injuries due to fall among the study group than among the control group. Recommendation: Simple illustrated educational booklets should be available for stroke patients. Replication of this study on a larger sample with extending the follow-up period to 6 months is suggested.

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