Effects of Brief Aerobic Dance or Kickboxing on Psychiatric Symptoms and Physical Fitness for Patients with Schizophrenia

短期有氧舞蹈與拳擊對精神分裂症病患之精神症狀及體適能之效應

鄭淑利(Shu-Li Cheng) ； 葉美玲(Mei-Ling Yeh) ； 鍾玉珠(Yu-Chu Chung) ； 黃光琪(Kuang-Chi Huang)

《台灣精神醫學》 24卷4期 (2010/12) Pp. 269-279

https://doi.org/10.29478/TJP.201012.0003

並列摘要

Objective: Psychiatric symptoms and drug-induced side effects impact patients with mental disorders. The impact can lead to their inactivity and weight gain, further increasing risks of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia. Exercise can reverse the diseases caused by decreased mobility. In this study, we aimed to examine the effects of exercise on psychiatric symptoms, behaviors, and physical fitness of inpatients with schizophrenia. Methods: A posttest quasi-experimental research design was used. We recruited 29 inpatients with schizophrenia from a psychiatric hospital and divided them into three groups: aerobic dance, aerobic kickboxing, and control, respectively. The exercise program took 50 minutes each time, and three times per week for four weeks. Data were collected before and after the program. Results: After the four-week experiment, we found that the mean differences of scores between the posttest and pretest among the three groups were significantly different on psychiatric symptoms (p＜0.05), muscular endurance (p＜0.05), and flexibility (p＜0.01). Conclusion: In this study, we found that the effects of the aerobic exercise programs, especially aerobic dance, significantly improved psychiatric symptoms and physical fitness, but not behavioral change of inpatients with schizophrenia. The aerobic kickboxing participants had the problem to follow the rhythm and intensity of the exercise. We suggest that we need to adopt easier, simpler and regular exercise to reduce stress and to promote mastery for patients with schizophrenia, and that future research should also be focused on the topics related to intensity, frequency, duration, and mode of exercise.

並列關鍵字

aerobic dance ； kickboxing ； psychiatric symptoms ； physical fitness

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