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- Poikonen, Hanna, et al.
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InMotion – Mixed physical exercise with creative movement as an intervention for people with schizophrenia
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Schizophrenia (SCZ) is among the world’s top ten causes of long-term disability (World Health Organization, 2004). The major symptoms of SCZ include hallucinations, delusions, affective flattening, and cognitive impairment, and their treatment with antipsychotic medications is far from optimal.Creative and body awareness training (dance/movement therapy, body psychotherapy) and physical training (aerobic and strength training) improve SCZ symptoms (e.g Martin et al., 2016, 2017; Girdler et al., 2019; Millman et a., 2021). In our novel intervention, we bring together creativity and self-awareness with physical training. The 12-week 24-session intervention with 30 participants (Figure 1) includes components like visualization, cardio and strength training, and social interaction. We will measure the impact with standardized clinical questionnaires, EEG-fNIRS, motion capture, and cognitive, affective, and physical tests. We expect our intervention to improve the quality of life and negative symptoms of SCZ by balancing the brain functions and bodily state related to self-awareness, social interaction, and physical fitness. In my talk, I will cover brain dysfunctions related to self-awareness in SCZ (Ferri et al., 2012; Ebisch et al., 2013) and describe the scientific rationale for each component included in our novel intervention (e.g. Lee et al., 2015; Firth et al., 2017).
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- Poikonen, Hanna, et al.
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“InMotion”—Mixed physical exercise program with creative movement as an intervention for adults with schizophrenia : study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
- 2023
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Ingår i: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. - : Frontiers Media S.A.. - 1662-5161. ; 17
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Schizophrenia is among the world’s top 10 causes of long-term disability with symptoms that lead to major problems in social and occupational functioning, and in self-care. Therefore, it is important to investigate the efficacy of complementary treatment options for conventionally used antipsychotic medication, such as physical training, and psychosocial interventions.Objective: To combine aerobic and strength training with cognitive, emotional and social stimulation in one intervention for people with schizophrenia and test the feasibility and effects of this intervention.Methods: The study is a mixed-method randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effects of a 12-week intervention for adults with schizophrenia. The treatment group (30 participants) will receive the intervention in addition to standard care and the control group (30 participants) only standard care. The intervention consists of 24 biweekly sessions with a duration of 60 min. The pre-test (weeks from 4 to 2 prior to the intervention) and post-test (week 12) include clinical measure (PANSS), quality of life, social performance, movement quantity, brain function and eye tracking measures. In addition, a treatment subgroup of 12–15 participants and their family member or other next of kin will complete a qualitative interview as a part of their post-test. Two follow-up tests, including clinical, quality of life, brain function and eye tracking will be made at 6 and 12 months from the completion of the intervention to both study groups. The primary outcome is change in negative symptoms. Secondary outcome measures include general and positive symptoms, quality of life, social performance, movement quantity, brain function and eye tracking. Explorative outcome includes patient and family member or other next of kin interview.Results: Pilot data was collected by June 2023 and the main data collection will begin in September 2023. The final follow-up is anticipated to be completed by 2026.Conclusion: The InMotion study will provide new knowledge on the feasibility, efficacy, and experiences of a novel intervention for adults with schizophrenia. The hypothesis is that regular participation in the intervention will reduce clinical symptoms, normalize physiological measures such as brain activation, and contribute to new active habits for the participants.
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- Bramhagen, Ann-Cathrine, et al.
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Self-reported post-operative recovery in children : development of an instrument
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Ingår i: Journal of Evaluation In Clinical Practice. - : Wiley-Blackwell. - 1356-1294 .- 1365-2753. ; 22:2, s. 180-188
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Rationale, aims and objectives: According to the United Nations (1989) , hildren have the right to be heard and to have their opinions respected. Since post-operative recovery is an individual and subjective experience and patient-reported outcome measures are considered important, our aim was to develop and test an instrument to measure self-reported quality of recovery in children after surgical procedures.Methods: Development of the instrument Postoperative Recovery in Children (PRiC) was influenced by the Quality of Recovery-24, for use in adults. Eighteen children and nine professionals validated the items with respect to content and language. A photo question- naire was developed to determine whether the children’s participation would increase compared with the text questionnaire. The final instrument was distributed consecutively to 390 children, ages 4–12 years, who underwent tonsil surgery at four hospitals in Sweden.Results: A total o f238 children with a mean age of 6.5 years participated. According to the parents, 23% circled the answers themselves and 59% participated to a significant degree. However, there was no significant difference in participation between those who received a photo versus a text questionnaire. Psychometric tests of the instrument showed that Cronbach’s alpha for the total instrument was 0.83 and the item-total correlations for 22 of the items were ≥0.20.Conclusion: Our results support use of the PRiC instrument to assess and follow-up on children’s self-reported post-operative recovery after tonsil operation, both in clinical praxis as well in research.
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- Ericsson, Elisabeth, 1959-, et al.
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Experiences of a new self-report instrument for post-operative recovery in children
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVESAccording the United Nations, children have the right to be heard and to have their opinions respected. Since postoperative recovery is an individual and subjective experience, our aim was to develop and test an instrument that provides children, also of a younger age, with a quality recovery self-report measure after tonsil surgery.METHODSThe development of Postoperative Recovery in Children (PRiC) was influenced by Quality of Recovery-24, for use in adults. It includes 23 items covering different aspects of recovery. PRiC was developed both as a traditional text-based instrument and as a version where each item is illustrated by a photo. It was distributed to 260 children undergoing tonsillotomy or total tonsillectomy in day surgery, to be answered on post-operative days 1, 4 and 10. The children and their parents were also asked to give their opinion about the instrument. The free-text answers were categorised to reflect the content and presentation of the two instrument versions.RESULTSIn the photo version, 27% of the children marked the answers on the instrument themselves, compared to 19% in the text version (n.s.). Parents of 64% of the children in the photo group reported that their child participated in answering the questions to a very high degree, compared to 58% in the text group (n.s.). Some parents described that their children were very proud to fill in the instrument and return them by mail.The questions were mainly described as easy to understand and respond to, especially when illustrated with a photo. Some parents highlighted pain issues and asked for specific questions about what pain medication was given at home. One parent asked for the possibility to respond to the instrument online.CONCLUSIONPRiC can serve as a patient-reported outcome measure for children. PRiC can also provide parents with a tool for communicating with their child about post-operative recovery, especially when using the photo version.
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- Ericsson, Elisabeth, 1959-, et al.
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Self-reported postoperative recovery in children after tonsillectomy compared to tonsillotomy
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVESTonsil surgery is associated with significant morbidity during recovery. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) are the golden standard for the planning and follow-up of delivered care, which should also be an axiom for children. The current aims were to describe self-reported postoperative recovery in children after tonsil surgery, and to compare tonsillotomy and tonsillectomy in this aspect.METHODSTotally, 238 children (4-12 years old) with a history of obstructive problems and/or recurrent tonsillitis, undergoing tonsil surgery were included. Forty-eight per cent were operated with partial tonsil resection/tonsillotomy (TT) and 52% with total tonsillectomy (TE), all in day surgery.Postoperative recovery was assessed on days 1, 4 and 10 using the validated self-rating instrument PRiC, Postoperative Recovery in Children, which includes 23 items covering different aspects of recovery after tonsil surgery. PRiC was distributed both as a traditional text instrument and with photo illustrations. RESULTSDaily life activities (sleeping, eating and playing), and physical (e.g., headache, stomach ache, throat ache, otalgia, dizziness, nausea, defecation, urination) and emotional aspects (sadness, frightening dreams) were affected during the recovery period.The TE-girls showed significantly higher scores than the boys in many factors.Children above 6 years of age reported higher values for the physical comfort variables while the younger group showed worse emotional states.Postoperative recovery improved from day 1 to 10 in all surgical groups. The TE-group had lower recovery compared to the TT-group (p < 0.01 – 0.001) in most items.CONCLUSIONThe goal of postoperative management is to minimise or eliminate discomfort, facilitating the recovery process and avoiding complications. Children are able to describe their recovery after tonsil surgery, and thus, PRiC can serve as a PROM to obtain patient-centred data after tonsil surgery.
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