Research on the impact of recreational activities on the patients of schizophrenia

This research was done for finding out the impacts ıf Recreational Activities on the Schizophrenic Patients. 30 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia registered in Hitit University Education and Research Hospital's Community Mental Health Center were included in the research. The patients were applied with educational games and folk dances as recreational activities three days a week for 12 weeks. In the research, Scale for the Assessment of the Negative Symptoms (SANS), Scale for the Assessment of the positive Symptoms (SAPS), Global Assessment of the Functioning (GAF) and Clinical Global Impression (CGI) scales were used as data collection tools at the beginning and the end of 12 weeks.In addition, body lipid percentages, body weights and body mass indexes (BMI) of the patients were calculated at the beginning and the end of the research by using TANITA device.Shapiro Wilk'swas used due to the unit figures while studying the normal distribution statuses of the variables in statistical processes. Wilcoxon Test was used as the variables are not caused by normal distribution while examining the difference between two related variables. According to the statistical analysis results, the difference between beginning and end SANS (p=0,471), GAF (p=0,004), CGI (p=0,003) and body lipid percentages (p=0,019) was statistically significant. However, the difference between beginning and end weight (p=0,406), BMI (p=0,471) and SAPS (p=0,081) rates was not statistically significant. Keywords:Schizophrenia, Recreational Activities, Negative Symptoms, Positive Symptoms, Clinical Global Monitoring, Folk Dances, Educational Games