Terapias artísticas en la rehabilitación de los pacientes tras un ictus / Art therapies in the rehabilitation of patients after ictus

Introducción: las enfermedades cerebrovasculares son un problema de salud mundial. Objetivo: evaluar la utilidad de las terapias artísticas en la rehabilitación de los pacientes tras un ictus. Materiales y Métodos: se realizó un estudio experimental, longitudinal y prospectivo en el Hospital Militar de Matanzas. El universo estuvo constituido por los pacientes con hemiplejia secundaria a un ictus que cumplieron con los criterios de la investigación. Los 62 pacientes se dividieron en dos grupos que recibieron el tratamiento rehabilitador habitual y al grupo estudio se le adicionaron las terapias artísticas. Se aplicó la escala de Yesavage para valorar la depresión en los pacientes y el índice de Barthel para evaluar la independencia para realizar las actividades de la vida diaria. Resultados: se logró disminuir la depresión y la dependencia para las actividades de la vida diaria en la mayor parte de los pacientes tratados con terapias artísticas, existiendo diferencias significativas con respecto al grupo control. El 70,9 % de los pacientes tratados con terapias artísticas obtuvieron evaluación final de bien, en el grupo control solo el 38,7 % de los pacientes obtuvo esta evaluación. Conclusiones: las terapias artísticas resultaron muy útiles en la rehabilitación de los pacientes tras un ictus (AU).

Introduction: cerebrovascular diseases are a worldwide health problem. Objective: to appraise the usefulness of the art therapies in the rehabilitation of patients after ictus. Materials and methods: A prospective, longitudinal and retrospective study was carried out in the Military Hospital of Matanzas. The universe was formed by the patients with ictus-secondary hemiplegia fulfilling the research criteria. The 62 patients were divided into two groups that received the usual treatment and the ones in the study group also received art therapies. The Yesavage scale was applied to assess depression in the patients and the Barthel index to assess the independency in performing daily activities. Results: depression and dependency in performing daily life activities decreased in most of the patients treated with art therapies, showing significant differences with the control group. 70,9 % of the patients treated with art therapies got a final evaluation of good; in the control group only 38,7 % of the patients got this evaluation. Conclusions: art therapies were very useful in the rehabilitation of patients after ictus (AU).

Stimulation-Oriented Interventions for Behavioral Problems among People with Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

PURPOSE: This study was a systematic review and meta-analysis designed to investigate the effects of stimulation-oriented interventions for behavioral problems among people with dementia. METHODS: Based on the guidelines of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA), a literature search was conducted using seven electronic databases, gray literature, and other sources. Methodological quality was assessed using the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) for randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Data were analyzed using R with the 'meta' package and the Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (CMA 2.0) program. RESULTS: Sixteen studies were included for meta-analysis to investigate the effect of stimulation-oriented interventions. The quality of individual studies was rated as '++' for eight studies and '+' for the rest. The effect sizes were analyzed according to three subgroups of interventions (light, music, and others); Hedges' g=0.04 (95% CI: -0.38~0.46), -0.23 (95% CI: -0.56~0.10), -0.34 (95% CI: -0.34~0.00), respectively. To explore the possible causes of heterogeneity (I²=62.8%), meta-regression was conducted with covariates of sample size, number of sessions, and length of session (time). No moderating effects were found for sample size or number of sessions, but session time showed a significant effect (Z=1.96, 95% CI: 0.00~0.01). Finally, a funnel plot along with Egger's regression test was performed to check for publication bias, but no significant bias was detected. CONCLUSION: Based on these findings, stimulation-oriented interventions seem to have a small effect for behavioral problems among people with dementia. Further research is needed to identify optimum time of the interventions for behavioral problems among dementia pateints.

The Effects of an Integrated Health Care Program on the Physical, Psychosocial, and Spiritual Health of People with Mental Disorder in Community

PURPOSE: This study was conducted in order to investigate changes in the physical, psychosocial and spiritual health of people with mental disorder in community participating in the Integrated Health Care Program (IHCP). METHODS: This study applied the non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design. The participants were 37 chronic psychiatric patients who had been clinically diagnosed with mental disorder and visiting a mental rehabilitation center located in S City (17 in the experimental group, and 20 in the control group). The experimental group participated in the IHCP consisting of 24 sessions for eight weeks. RESULTS: After the intervention, only the participants in the experimental group reported significant improvement in physical (body mass, triglyceride), psychosocial (mental symptoms, depression, self-esteem, ability of problem solving), and spiritual wellbeing when compared with those in the control group. CONCLUSION: These results indicate that IHCP is effective in improving the physical, psychosocial, and spiritual wellbeing of people with mental disorder. Therefore, IHCP developed in this study is considered a useful nursing intervention for raising the comprehensive health level of people with mental disorder in community.