TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - The effects of "VelaMente?!" project on social functioning of people with severe psychosocial disabilities
JO  - Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health
A1  - Sancassiani, Federica
A1  - Lorrai, Stefano
A1  - Cossu, Giulia
A1  - Cocco, Alessio
A1  - Trincas, Giuseppina
A1  - Floris, Francesca
A1  - Mellino, Gisa
A1  - Machado, Sergio
A1  - Nardi, Antonio Egidio
A1  - Fabrici, Elisabetta Pascolo
A1  - Preti, Antonio
A1  - Carta, Mauro Giovanni
SP  - 220
EP  - 232
VL  - 13
IS  - 
N2  - INTRODUCTION: Physical activity helps to improve several clinical outcomes of people with severe psychosocial disabilities. The aims of this study were; 1) to assess the efficacy of a psychosocial rehabilitative intervention focused on sailing in a crew on: a) social functioning; b) severity of the psychosocial disability; c) general functioning; d) dysregulation of biorhythms of people with severe psychosocial disabilities, and 2) to evaluate the attenders' satisfaction about the project. <br><br>METHODS: A randomized waitlist controlled trial with parallel groups was carried out involving 51 people with severe psychosocial disabilities. The intervention was a 3 months-lasting course to learn sailing in a crew. Just after the randomization, a group began the sailing course and the other group (wait list) attended the sailing course after 3 months of treatments as usual. Before and after the sailing course, as well as the waiting list period, all attenders were assessed by HoNOS, GAF, CGI-S and BRIAN. At the end of the sailing course, they completed also a self-report satisfaction questionnaire. <br><br>RESULTS: Social functioning significantly improved after the sailing course (HoNOS total score "time X group": p=0.011), mainly because of the improvement of psychopathological symptoms (HoNOS symptoms score "time X group": p=0.003). Furthermore, participants greatly appreciated the rehabilitative program based on sailing in a crew. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: When compared to more traditional rehabilitative activities that are usually carried out in mental health services, a psychosocial rehabilitative intervention based on sailing in a crew significantly improve the social functioning of people with severe psychosocial disabilities.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1745-0179
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1745017901713010220
ID  - ref1
ER  -