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PubMed2000

[Role of sports in treatment and rehabilitation of schizophrenic patients].

The literature on the role of sports in the treatment and rehabilitation of schizophrenic patients is meagre and no systematic interdisciplinary review of the subject exists. This article reviews the existing literature and summarizes the relevant research findings. It also discusses practical experiences derived from a model project designed to study the role of sports in the management of chronically ill psychiatric patients, which showed that social interaction as well as the ability to organize time and leisure activities improved as did self-esteem, body awareness, and overall physical activity. Sports activities as part of the care of chronically ill psychiatric patients are effective as well as cost-effective and should receive more attention in both practice and research.

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PubMed1993

A medication discharge planning program: measuring the effect on readmissions.

Repeated hospitalizations result in high costs and may occur as a result of patient errors in their medication regimen. To reduce rehospitalizations (hospitalizations within 31 days of the previous discharge), health care professionals have turned to the discharge planning process. Using Orem's theory of self-care, a medication discharge planning program was developed to provide instruction on the requisites necessary for medication self-care. The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the effects of this program on readmissions within 31 days. Five nurses implemented the program for 54 patients with an admitting diagnosis of congestive heart failure. These patients were alternately assigned to a control or an experimental group. The experimental group received the medication discharge planning program. The control group received the usual informal discharge planning provided on the nursing unit. Eight (28.6%) of the 28 patients in the control group were readmitted within 31 days of the previous discharge. Two (7.7%) of the 26 patients in the experimental group were readmitted within 31 days. These results showed a statistically significant difference using Fisher's Exact Test (p = .05). Those receiving the medication discharge planning program were less likely to be readmitted, suggesting the importance of a medication discharge planning program.

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