The effect of exercise when used as therapy for psychiatric inpatients
2010 Volume 7 Pages 34-38
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2010 Volume 7 Pages 34-38
The focus of our research was to investigate the effect of exercise therapy on psychiatric patients' attention and anxiety. Subjects for this study were eleven of inpatients who participated in exercise therapy. The exercise intensity for this study was moderate and was of one hour duration.
The STAI was used to describe the state anxiety of subject immediately pre and post exercise situations. Attention was determined (pre-post), by the patient catching a measuring stick dropped by the tester.
As a result, after just one bout of exercise therapy, there was significant improvement of state anxiety and attention capabilities (p<0.05). Therefore, we consider exercise therapy indicates the possibility of an effective treatment for the improvement of state anxiety and attention capabilities in psychiatric inpatients.
