Companion program by university students and behavioral change in female chronic schizophrenics. 1981

T P Oei, and E S Tan

Experimental evidence showed that university students who participated in the "companion program" produced positive changes in chronic schizophrenic patients. This study reported the number of visits in order to produce observable behavioral changes. Thirty-six female patients hospitalized for at least 3 years were visited by university students once, twice, or three times weekly for 7 weeks. A control group received no visit. Results revealed that only functional behavior in the three visits per week group showed significant improvement, which suggests that a minimum of three visits of half an hour each per week is required to produce behavioral changes in female chronic schizophrenic patients.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D002908 Chronic Disease Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed). For epidemiological studies chronic disease often includes HEART DISEASES; STROKE; CANCER; and diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2). Chronic Condition,Chronic Illness,Chronically Ill,Chronic Conditions,Chronic Diseases,Chronic Illnesses,Condition, Chronic,Disease, Chronic,Illness, Chronic
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D012559 Schizophrenia A severe emotional disorder of psychotic depth characteristically marked by a retreat from reality with delusion formation, HALLUCINATIONS, emotional disharmony, and regressive behavior. Dementia Praecox,Schizophrenic Disorders,Disorder, Schizophrenic,Disorders, Schizophrenic,Schizophrenias,Schizophrenic Disorder
D012917 Social Adjustment Adaptation of the person to the social environment. Adjustment may take place by adapting the self to the environment or by changing the environment. (From Campbell, Psychiatric Dictionary, 1996). Adjustment, Social,Adjustments, Social,Social Adjustments
D014789 Visitors to Patients Patients' guests and rules for visiting. Patients' Visitors,Patient Visitors,Patient's Visitors,Patients Visitors,Patients' Visitor,Visitor, Patients',Visitors to Patient,Visitors, Patients'

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