On this study, we examined a relativity between comparison to precession studies, Japan Fitness Test (6 items) and psychiatric symptoms assessment (PANSS, BPRS), GAF at the same time on renewal interviews of our psychiatric day-care as objects of 29 male patients visiting day-care for clarifying physical fitness features of patients with schizophrenia.

As a result, physical fitness of patients has become changed with different periods and extreme failures of physical fitness like several decades ago are not remarkable recently. Also, we found an item of agility had correlation (r =−.405, P＜0.05) for PANSS (Negative syndromes) and (r=.533, P＜0.01) for GAF.

We defined the possibility of cardiorespiratory endurance test influenced easily from psychiatric symptoms such as a tendency of correlation (r=.364, P＜0.1) for GAF, moreover training effects of sports activities in our psychiatric day-care.

Purpose : To ascertain the actual medications administered to patients with schizophrenia who participated in competitive sports.

Subjects and Methods : An investigation on drug therapy was conducted through a questionnaire survey administered to 56 schizophrenic patients who participated in a volleyball competition, the 5th National Athletic Meeting for Mentally Disabled People in Okayama, 2005.

Results : Second generation antipsychotics were prescribed for 38 patients (68%), with 24 of these (63%) treated with single-drug therapy. A high adherence rate to medication was shown by 50 patients (89%) and 52 (93%) reported that they managed their medication by themselves. Forty patients (71%) reported that drug administration was thought to be important to participate in competitive sports.

Discussion : Most of the patients who participated in the competition were prescribed second generation antipsychotics ; however, only a few of these were treated by multi-drug therapy, which is frequently administered today in Japan. A high consciousness of self-management of medication was demonstrated in these patients. It is considered that optimization of antipsychotics is necessary for these patients to achieve their purpose, to participate in the game, and that this improves adherence to medication.