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Methods
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- We conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to compare the effectiveness of a physical exercise intervention and a social relaxation activity for inpatients in a psychiatric hospital for adolescents.
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- The authors ran a study where hospitalized adolescents in a psychiatric hospital were randomly divided into two groups. One group did structured physical exercise, and the others performed the social relaxation activities.
Introduction
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- There are few data regarding the effect of exercise therapy as an add-on treatment in psychiatric units for adolescents (12-19 years old), which calls for additional studies.
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- Not enough research was done to understand the outcomes of using exercise therapy as a form of additional treatment for hospitalized adolescents. For that, they needed to research more.
Results
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- After intervention, inpatients in the exercise group had a mean decline of 3.8 points in their HADS depression symptoms, progressing from a mean probably pathological score to a mean non-pathological score.
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- After providing the physical exercise program, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale saw an average drop of 3.8 points in depression scores, which moved the hospitalized patients from an unhealthy score to a healthy score.
Discussion
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- Physical exercise therapy, administered at the initial phase of hospitalization for depression and anxiety, may be beneficial for the therapeutic alliance between adolescent inpatients and mental health care providers.
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- Providing physical exercise therapy during early psychiatric hospitalization may help create a better working relationship between the mental health workers and adolescent patients.
Future Directions
- Future research should compare how different types of exercise, such as cardiovascular and resistance training, affect depression and anxiety in adolescent inpatients.
Difficult Material
- I understood the main idea of the paper, including the motivation of the authors behind the research. But it was difficult for me to understand the statistical results and confidence intervals. I also did not fully understand how the researchers determined the results for the relationship between the physical exercise therapy and anxiety in the inpatient adolescents.