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Relationships between physical activity, symptoms and quality of life among inpatients with severe mental illness
- Authors:
- BONSAKSEN Tore, LERDAL Anners
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 75(2), February 2012, pp.69-75.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This study explored the relationships between self-reported physical activity, depression, anxiety and quality of life in 18 inpatients with severe mental illness in Norway. Physical activity was measured with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire; anxiety and depression were measured with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; and quality of life was measured with the World Health Organization Quality of Life - BREF. Results revealed that patients with more depression and anxiety symptoms reported lower quality of life. There was no relationship between physical activity and quality of life. Findings also confirmed relationships between depression and anxiety scores and lower quality of life. The authors concluded that the findings may be due to participants' severity of illness. Physical activity may be more important to quality of life in better-functioning patients.
Urban environment and mental health: a longitudinal study
- Authors:
- DALGARD Odd Steffen, TAMBS Kristian
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 171, December 1997, pp.530-536.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Discusses the results of a follow up survey from Oslo, where participants were re-interviewed using the same questionnaire after ten years. The questionnaire included questions about social support, social characteristics of the neighbourhood and mental health. The findings support the environment stress hypothesis, implying that the quality of a neighbourhood has an impact on mental health. Discusses the implications for psychiatric prevention.