Conference paper
IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE DURING TREATMENT IN THE DAY HOSPITAL FOR EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL "SVETI IVAN"
Daniela Šago
orcid.org/0000-0002-2587-7250
; Psychiatric Hospital “Sveti Ivan”, Zagreb, Croatia, ;Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Vanja Lovretić
; Psychiatric Hospital “Sveti Ivan”, Zagreb, Croatia, ;Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Kristina Habuš
; Psychiatric Hospital “Sveti Ivan”, Zagreb, Croatia
Ena Ivezić
; Psychiatric Hospital “Sveti Ivan”, Zagreb, Croatia; Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Anamarija Bogović Dijaković
; University Clinical Hospital Center Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia
Vanessa Valentina Đogaš
; Psychiatric Hospital “Sveti Ivan”, Zagreb, Croatia
Igor Filipčić
; Psychiatric Hospital “Sveti Ivan”, Zagreb, Croatia; Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Background: The Day hospital for early intervention is a time-limited structured therapeutic program based on different
psychotherapy and socio-therapy techniques. The aim of this study was to examine the outcomes of the Day hospital treatment for
early intervention on self-esteem, and quality of life, and to determine which patients benefit the most from the program.
Subjects and methods: The study was conducted on 124 patients with an early phase of psychosis who were treated at the Day
hospital. They filled out Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and WHOQOL-BREF upon the admission and again after three months of the
treatment. Interaction effects were examined between their sociodemographic characteristics (gender, age, employment status),
clinical features (first episode of psychosis or longer duration of illness), and results on applied questionnaires.
Results: After three months of the treatment, patients evaluated their self-esteem, overall quality of life and satisfaction with
different QoL domains (physical and psychological health, environment) as significantly improved. Younger patients had greater
increase in estimated self-esteem compared to older patients. No other significant interactions were found.
Conclusion: Notwithstanding the limitations of this study, we may conclude that the findings are encouraging and may assist
with development of more effective therapeutic approaches.
Keywords
day hospital; early intervention; first episode psychosis; quality of life; self-esteem
Hrčak ID:
262782
URI
Publication date:
29.5.2019.
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