Key result
Physical activity and exercise programs improve physical and psychological wellbeing in severe psychosocial disabilities.
Why the study?
People with severe psychosocial disabilities have a shorter lifespan due to chronic somatic comorbidities and low physical activity, contributing to greater cardiovascular risk.
Do physical activity, exercise, and sport programs improve physical and psychological wellbeing in people with severe psychosocial disabilities?
Do physical activity, exercise, and sport programs improve physical and psychological wellbeing in people with severe psychosocial disabilities?
Physical activity and structured exercise programs are effective therapeutic tools for improving physical and psychological wellbeing in people with severe psychosocial disabilities.
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Supports exercise integration in psychosocial disability care; leaves open confirmation by prospective RCTs.
People with severe psychosocial disabilities have a 20-years shorter lifespan due to chronic somatic comorbidities and the long-term consequences of the side-effects of antipsychotic drugs. They often are sedentary and show lower levels of physical activity, factors which can contribute to their shorter lifespan, because of the greater cardiovascular risk. An increasing amount of evidence, including clinical trials, pointed out that sport, physical activity and structured exercise programs improve physical and psychological wellbeing of people with psychosocial disabilities, playing also an important role against their social isolation and self-stigma. The NICE and APA guidelines include exercise and physical activity for the management of depressive symptoms. Safe and effective programs require multidisciplinary teams that should always include mental health professionals, able to recognize the psychosocial needs, the impact of symptomatology, the role of secondary effects of psychotropic medication, the effect of previous exercise history, the lack of motivation, the inexperience with effort intensity and the frustration of people with psychosocial disabilities.
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Sancassiani et al. (2018) conducted a review in Severe psychosocial disabilities. Physical activity, exercise, and sport programs was evaluated. Physical activity, exercise, and sport programs improve physical and psychological wellbeing in people with severe psychosocial disabilities, highlighting the need for multidisciplinary integration.
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