ArticleClinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH2014
Sailing can improve quality of life of people with severe mental disorders: results of a cross over randomized controlled trial.
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- Virtual sailing exercise to improve major depressive disorder: A pilot clinical trial protocol.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2025Article
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- "All Hands on Deck": Psychological Characteristics of Women with Experience of Oncological Disease Participating in Sailing Cruise-A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Qualitative study on voyaging and health: perspectives and insights from the medical officers during the Worldwide Voyage.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Tailored Sailing Experience to Reduce Psychological Distress and Improve the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Survivors: A Survey-Based Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Mindfulness Training plus Nature Exposure for Veterans with Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders: A Model Intervention.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Could an Innovative Training Program Including Contact Sports and Counseling Help Young People With Traits of Psychopathy and A History of School Dropout?Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2019Article
- Physical Activity, Exercise and Sport Programs as Effective Therapeutic Tools in Psychosocial Rehabilitation.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2018Article
- Gene-Environment Interaction in a Conditional NMDAR-Knockout Model of Schizophrenia.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2018Article
- Independent sailing with high tetraplegia using sip and puff controls: integration into a community sailing center.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2017Article
- The Effects of "VelaMente?!" Project on Social Functioning of People With Severe Psychosocial Disabilities.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2017Article
- "VelaMente?!" - Sailin in a Crew to Improve Self-Efficacy in People with Psychosocial Disabilities: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2017Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a sailing rehabilitation program on the quality of life (QoL) in a sample of patients with severe mental disorders. The study adopted a randomized, crossover, waiting-list controlled design. The participants enrolled in the study were outpatients diagnosed with severe chronic mental disorders. The participants (N=40) exposed to rehabilitation with sailing took part in a series of supervised cruises near the gulf of Cagliari, South Sardinia, and showed a statistically significant improvement of their quality of life compared to the control group. This improvement was comparable to the improvement in psychopathologic status and social functioning as shown in a previous report of the same research project. The improvement was maintained at follow-up only during the trial and for a few months later: after 12 months, patients returned to their baseline values and their quality of life showed a worsening trend. This is the first study to show that rehabilitation with sailing may improve the quality of life of people with severe chronic mental disorders. In all likelihood, a program grounded on learning how to manage a sailing vessel - during which patients perform cruises that emphasize the exploration of the marine environment by sailing - might be interesting enough and capture the attention of the patients so as to favour greater effectiveness of standard rehabilitation protocols, but this should be specifically tested.
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