Recently, the concept of "treatment" have changed from removing symptoms to returning society. At this environment, the purpose of treatment becomes returning society. To make this work, various psycho-social rehabilitation programs have developed, op...
Recently, the concept of "treatment" have changed from removing symptoms to returning society. At this environment, the purpose of treatment becomes returning society. To make this work, various psycho-social rehabilitation programs have developed, operated and researched.
Although number of studies increasing, these studies just explain if the effect exist or not. However these studies can't explain what, how, which effect exist. Therefore this study will meta-analysis psycho-social rehabilitation programs by few variables to offer more proper programs to metal disorder patients.
At this study, the subject were 45 studies and picked out 103 effect sizes. Variables were period , kinds, of programs and scales which evaluate program. However, patients' history which is thought critical variables can't be choose for a variable because of subject studies didn't mention well.
As a result, total effect size is 1.04 that means psycho-social programs very effective. But this size have risk of overestimate because of most subject studies were thesis.
The first variable, period of programs, show the longer program make low effect size. Although this result, the implication of the result not the long program isn't good but proper combination with other variables is more important.
Second variable is kinds of programs. Daily living skill's effect size was the biggest next is medicine·symptom control programs, social skill training, job rehabilitation program. At this point, the point that daily living skill have the biggest effect size could mean patients feels helpful most when they solve daily skill. And the point that job rehabilitation program's effect size is smallest, we should think about this. It can be matter of contents of program or matter of scale.
Third variable is scales. In case of category, scales which evaluate psychiatric symptom show the biggest effect size. Not categories but a poiunt of view individual scales, daily living skill scale showed the biggest effect size.
In addition of this result, this study analysis period and scales by every programs kinds. It will offer more precise information that each programs have what kind of a variation by period and scales.
I hope that meta-analysis including unpublication studies and patient's history for a variable. These will make research more precise and suitable.