The effectiveness of participation in recreational-Sport activities on quality of life in women with Schizophrenia (A randomized controlled Clinical trial Study)

The recent research has shown the efficacy of physical activity on various aspects of quality of life. According to this, this study was aimed to investigate the effects of participation on recreational physical activity in women with Schizophrenia.
Research design was Semi-experimental. The statistical society consisted of all women referred to Razi psychiatric hospital in 2015. Among them 24 were selected by purposive sampling and were divided into two groups (12experimental and 12 control). Experimental group received 12 sessions of recreational physical activity, 3 times a week. Research instruments was Quality of Life Questionnaire which has four sub-scales public health, environmental health, mental health and physical health and were performed on pre-test and post-test. To analyze the data uni-variate and multivariate analysis of covariance was used by spss23.
According to the findings F (1,17) = 12/03 there was a significant difference between the two groups in the total score of quality of life. Also, F = 34/39 in physical health, F = 27/24 in mental health subscale, F = 35/39 in terms of social health and F = 50/53 environmental health was significant in 0/05 level.
The results showed that Participation in recreational sports activities, improving quality of life in people with chronic mental disorders. In Addition, participate in Physical - recreational leads to increased physical, mental, social and environmental health of these patients.