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Sailing Can Improve Quality of Life of People with Severe Mental Disorders: Results of a Cross Over Randomized Controlled Trial

The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a sailing rehabilitation program on the quality of life (QoL) in a sample of patients with severe mental disorders. The study adopted a randomized, crossover, waiting-list controlled design. The participants enrolled in the study were outpatients d...

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Autores principales: Carta, Mauro Giovanni, Maggiani, Federica, Pilutzu, Laura, Moro, Maria Francesca, Mura, Gioia, Sancassiani, Federica, Vellante, Vellante, Migliaccio, Gian Mario, Machado, Sergio, Nardi, Antonio Egidio, Preti, Antonio
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4150378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25191521
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1745017901410010080
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author Carta, Mauro Giovanni
Maggiani, Federica
Pilutzu, Laura
Moro, Maria Francesca
Mura, Gioia
Sancassiani, Federica
Vellante, Vellante
Migliaccio, Gian Mario
Machado, Sergio
Nardi, Antonio Egidio
Preti, Antonio
author_facet Carta, Mauro Giovanni
Maggiani, Federica
Pilutzu, Laura
Moro, Maria Francesca
Mura, Gioia
Sancassiani, Federica
Vellante, Vellante
Migliaccio, Gian Mario
Machado, Sergio
Nardi, Antonio Egidio
Preti, Antonio
author_sort Carta, Mauro Giovanni
collection PubMed
description The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a sailing rehabilitation program on the quality of life (QoL) in a sample of patients with severe mental disorders. The study adopted a randomized, crossover, waiting-list controlled design. The participants enrolled in the study were outpatients diagnosed with severe chronic mental disorders. The participants (N=40) exposed to rehabilitation with sailing took part in a series of supervised cruises near the gulf of Cagliari, South Sardinia, and showed a statistically significant improvement of their quality of life compared to the control group. This improvement was comparable to the improvement in psychopathologic status and social functioning as shown in a previous report of the same research project. The improvement was maintained at follow-up only during the trial and for a few months later: after 12 months, patients returned to their baseline values and their quality of life showed a worsening trend. This is the first study to show that rehabilitation with sailing may improve the quality of life of people with severe chronic mental disorders. In all likelihood, a program grounded on learning how to manage a sailing vessel - during which patients perform cruises that emphasize the exploration of the marine environment by sailing - might be interesting enough and capture the attention of the patients so as to favour greater effectiveness of standard rehabilitation protocols, but this should be specifically tested.
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spelling pubmed-41503782014-09-04 Sailing Can Improve Quality of Life of People with Severe Mental Disorders: Results of a Cross Over Randomized Controlled Trial Carta, Mauro Giovanni Maggiani, Federica Pilutzu, Laura Moro, Maria Francesca Mura, Gioia Sancassiani, Federica Vellante, Vellante Migliaccio, Gian Mario Machado, Sergio Nardi, Antonio Egidio Preti, Antonio Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health Article The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a sailing rehabilitation program on the quality of life (QoL) in a sample of patients with severe mental disorders. The study adopted a randomized, crossover, waiting-list controlled design. The participants enrolled in the study were outpatients diagnosed with severe chronic mental disorders. The participants (N=40) exposed to rehabilitation with sailing took part in a series of supervised cruises near the gulf of Cagliari, South Sardinia, and showed a statistically significant improvement of their quality of life compared to the control group. This improvement was comparable to the improvement in psychopathologic status and social functioning as shown in a previous report of the same research project. The improvement was maintained at follow-up only during the trial and for a few months later: after 12 months, patients returned to their baseline values and their quality of life showed a worsening trend. This is the first study to show that rehabilitation with sailing may improve the quality of life of people with severe chronic mental disorders. In all likelihood, a program grounded on learning how to manage a sailing vessel - during which patients perform cruises that emphasize the exploration of the marine environment by sailing - might be interesting enough and capture the attention of the patients so as to favour greater effectiveness of standard rehabilitation protocols, but this should be specifically tested. Bentham Open 2014-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC4150378/ /pubmed/25191521 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1745017901410010080 Text en © Carta et al.; Licensee Bentham Open. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
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Carta, Mauro Giovanni
Maggiani, Federica
Pilutzu, Laura
Moro, Maria Francesca
Mura, Gioia
Sancassiani, Federica
Vellante, Vellante
Migliaccio, Gian Mario
Machado, Sergio
Nardi, Antonio Egidio
Preti, Antonio
Sailing Can Improve Quality of Life of People with Severe Mental Disorders: Results of a Cross Over Randomized Controlled Trial
title Sailing Can Improve Quality of Life of People with Severe Mental Disorders: Results of a Cross Over Randomized Controlled Trial
title_full Sailing Can Improve Quality of Life of People with Severe Mental Disorders: Results of a Cross Over Randomized Controlled Trial
title_fullStr Sailing Can Improve Quality of Life of People with Severe Mental Disorders: Results of a Cross Over Randomized Controlled Trial
title_full_unstemmed Sailing Can Improve Quality of Life of People with Severe Mental Disorders: Results of a Cross Over Randomized Controlled Trial
title_short Sailing Can Improve Quality of Life of People with Severe Mental Disorders: Results of a Cross Over Randomized Controlled Trial
title_sort sailing can improve quality of life of people with severe mental disorders: results of a cross over randomized controlled trial
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4150378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25191521
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1745017901410010080
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