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ArticleIndian journal of psychiatry

Effectiveness of gratitude disposition promotion program on depression and quality of life of chronic schizophrenic patients.

Miran Jung, Kuemsun Han

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Article in Indian journal of psychiatry. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Miran JungDepartment of Nursing, College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
Kuemsun HanDepartment of Nursing, College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.

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contextGratitude intervention is expectedly an effective intervention to reduce depression and improve the quality of life in schizophrenic patients, but there is a lack of literature on it.

aimsWe attempted to develop and test the effectiveness of the gratitude disposition promotion program for chronic schizophrenic patients in Korea. SETTINGS AND

designNonequivalent control group pre- and post-test design was used in two mental health centers located at Gyeonggi-do in South Korea. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis paper was a quasi-experimental study and the participants who took part in the gratitude disposition promotion program were 17 of experimental group and 15 of control group. Gratitude disposition (the short gratitude, resentment, and appreciation test), depression (Beck Depression Inventory), and quality of life (developed by Kook) of chronic schizophrenic patients were measured before and after an intervention, as compared to the control. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, and

resultsThe participants who received the gratitude disposition promotion program showed significant improvements in gratitude disposition (

conclusionsThe gratitude disposition promotion program was an effective clinical intervention program for enhancing gratitude disposition and quality of life of chronic schizophrenic patients in community.

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Chronic schizophrenic patientsdepressiongratitude dispositiongratitude disposition promotion programquality of life

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