Patterns used by Schizophrenic Patients to Cope with Auditory Hallucination

Abdelrahman, Sohier goda El Said

doi:10.21608/pssjn.2017.33086

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“…Figure (1) demonstrates that 80% of the study group and 55% of the control group were single . Table (2) shows that comparing PANSS positive scores of the study group revealed that there were statistically significant differences between the pre and post intervention. This includes delusions, hallucinatory behavior, grandiosity and suspiciousness (t= 2.764 at p=, 0.014, t=2.400 at p= 0.029, t=5.101 at p= 0.000 & t = -2.496 at p= 0.024) respectively.…”

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The Effect of Humor Intervention Program on Positive and Negative Symptoms among Schizophrenic Patients

Mohamed¹,

Khalil²,

Osman³

et al. 2021

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Background: Schizophrenia is a chronic disease characterized by distortions in thinking, perception, emotions, language, sense of self and behavior. Humor could be used as an alternative to conventional treatment with the goal of helping patients with schizophrenia cope with symptoms, enhance recovery through its emotional, cognitive, social and physiological effects. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of humor intervention program on positive and negative symptoms among schizophrenic patients. Design: Randomized control trial (RCT) design was used. Sample: Purposive sample consisted of 40) schizophrenic patients, the study group (n= 20) and control group (n= 20). The patients were selected and allocated randomly into two groups, intervention group (received the humor interventions program) and control group (received traditional care). The study conducted in the Psychiatry and Addiction Prevention "El Kasr AlAini University Hospital and al Rakhawy Hospital for Mental Health. Tools: three tools were used for data collection were; the Socio Demographic Data Sheet, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale (MSHS). Results: revealed that, there was a statistical significant difference between total score of PANSS between study and control groups post intervention. Conclusion: The present study emphasizes the importance of humor intervention program in reducing severity of symptoms of patients with schizophrenia. Key words: schizophrenia, humor intervention, positive symptoms, negative symptoms

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“…Figure(2) illustrates that half of the sample of the study group were highly educated and 45% of the control group were intermediately educated. While 15% & 20% of the study and the control groups could read and writePart 2: Comparison between pre and post HIP among study group regarding the scores of PANSS positive scale…”

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