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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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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 |
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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. |
spellingShingle | Article 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 |
topic | Article |
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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