ArticleJournal of caring sciences2025
Effect of Activity Therapy on Self-Esteem among Patients with Schizophrenia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Article in Journal of caring sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Introduction: Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder that adversely affects patients' self-esteem. Activity therapy has been shown to positively influence self-esteem. This study aims to examine the efficacy of activity therapy in improving self-esteem among patients with schizophrenia. Methods: In this randomized controlled study, 79 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia were enrolled using a consecutive sampling technique. The participants were assigned into intervention (39 participants) and control groups (40 participants) using computer-generated randomization. Researchers used The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) to assess the participants' self-esteem. The intervention group underwent activity therapy of making bags and envelopes using paper for seven days. The control group received routine psychiatric care. The post-test assessment was done using RSES after 7 and 15 days of intervention. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS software version 21. Results: The total self-esteem score at both 7 days and 15 days post-intervention were significantly higher in the intervention group compared to the control group. Conclusion: Evidence suggests that structured manual activities, such as the fabrication of paper bags and envelopes, may contribute to enhanced self-esteem and greater self-efficacy in patients, thereby facilitating improved psychosocial functioning. However, additional rigorous research is required to substantiate these observations.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.