PMID- 24660971
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150330
LR  - 20220129
IS  - 1360-0567 (Electronic)
IS  - 0963-8237 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 4
DP  - 2014 Aug
TI  - Activity groups for people with schizophrenia: a randomized controlled trial.
PG  - 171-5
LID - 10.3109/09638237.2014.889285 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: UK guidelines recommend that patients with schizophrenia are offered 
      access to social activities, however, the impact of such interventions have not 
      been examined in a large randomized trial. AIMS: To investigate the effect of an 
      activity group intervention on mental health and global functioning 12 months 
      after randomization compared to standard care alone. METHODS: Secondary analysis 
      of data from the MATISSE study. Primary outcomes were global functioning, 
      assessed using the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF), and mental health 
      symptoms measured using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). 
      RESULTS: About 140 participants were randomized to activity groups and 137 to 
      standard care alone. Follow-up data were collected from 242 (87%) participants. 
      Mental health improved significantly among those offered activity groups (change 
      in PANSS score = -6.0, 95% CI -2.3 to -9.8) but global functioning did not 
      (change in GAF score = 0.8, 95% CI -1.7 to 3.3). No significant differences were 
      found between treatment arms. CONCLUSIONS: Offering activity groups to patients 
      with schizophrenia was not associated with any additional clinical benefits. 
      There was poor uptake and attendance at activity groups. Interventions that aim 
      to improve negative symptoms may be useful in enabling engagement in psychosocial 
      interventions.
FAU - Dean, Madeleine
AU  - Dean M
AD  - Centre for Mental Health, Imperial College London , London, UK .
FAU - Weston, Adam R W
AU  - Weston AR
FAU - Osborn, David P
AU  - Osborn DP
FAU - Willis, Suzie
AU  - Willis S
FAU - Patterson, Sue
AU  - Patterson S
FAU - Killaspy, Helen
AU  - Killaspy H
FAU - Leurent, Baptiste
AU  - Leurent B
FAU - Crawford, Mike J
AU  - Crawford MJ
LA  - eng
GR  - 04/39/04/DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom
GR  - MCCC-FCO-11-U/MCCC_/Marie Curie/United Kingdom
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20140324
PL  - England
TA  - J Ment Health
JT  - Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England)
JID - 9212352
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Art Therapy
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Schizophrenia/*therapy
MH  - Treatment Outcome
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Activity group
OT  - randomized controlled trial
OT  - schizophrenia
EDAT- 2014/03/26 06:00
MHDA- 2015/03/31 06:00
CRDT- 2014/03/26 06:00
PHST- 2014/03/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/03/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/03/31 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.3109/09638237.2014.889285 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Ment Health. 2014 Aug;23(4):171-5. doi: 10.3109/09638237.2014.889285. Epub 2014 
      Mar 24.