JOURNAL OF SHANGHAI JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCIENCE) ›› 2022, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (1): 77-81.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2022.01.011

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Effect of psychomotor therapy on negative symptoms and cognitive function of patients with stable schizophrenia

Ruping LU1(), Hui GAO1, Linna JIANG1, Xiaoya CHEN2, Hong PENG1, Hui SHEN2, Qing FAN2()   

  1. 1.Department of Psychiatry, Shanghai No. 1 Civil Mental Health Center, Shanghai 201105, China
    2.Department of Rehabilitation, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China
  • Received:2021-04-21 Online:2021-12-30 Published:2021-12-30
  • Contact: Qing FAN E-mail:LRP2001@163.com;fanqing@smhc.org.com
  • Supported by:
    Shanghai “Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan” Clinical Medicine Project(19411950800);Science Popularization Project of Shanghai′s 2020 “Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan”(20DZ2311500)

Abstract: Objective

·To explore the effect of psychomotor therapy on negative symptoms and cognitive function of patients with stable schizophrenia.

Methods

·A random number table was used to divide 64 stable schizophrenia patients from Shanghai No.1 Civil Mental Health Center into a study group and a control group. The control group was given routine treatment, nursing and daily rehabilitation, and the study group increased psychomotor therapy on this basis. Both groups were intervened for 10 weeks, and the patients in the two groups were evaluated by the Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS), Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), and the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) before and after the intervention.

Results

·Thirty patients in the study group and the control group completed the observation. The repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that after 10 weeks of intervention, the score of PANSS negative symptom subscale and PANSS total score were lower than those of the control group (all P=0.000), while the scores of MMSE and RBANS were higher than those of the control group (P=0.008, P=0.000). After 10 weeks, the negative symptom subscale score and PANSS total score of the study group were lower than those before the study (all P=0.000), while the MMSE and RBANS scores were higher than those before the study (all P=0.000).

Conclusion

·Psychomotor therapy can improve the negative symptoms and cognitive function of patients with stable schizophrenia.

Key words: psychomotor therapy, schizophrenia, negative symptom, cognitive function

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