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Implementing a brief healthy-lifestyle group program on a psychiatric inpatient unit
Jennifer Foresman1, Ann Mitchell2, Dianxu Ren2
1Cedar Hills Hospital and Western Psychological and Counseling Services, Portland, Oregon.
Purpose:
This paper describes a project to assess the feasibility of a brief healthy lifestyle health education group (HE) program and its effects on patient outcomes.
Design And Methods:
Forty adult inpatients were enrolled in the HE program, which featured a one-group, pretest or posttest design deployed in an adult psychiatric unit. Outcomes comprised (1) feasibility and acceptability of the program and (2) changes in patient knowledge and weight.
Findings:
The HE program demonstrates not only feasibility, but also improvement in patient outcomes related to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Practice Implications:
Requisite changes in practice are necessary for the success of the HE program deployed in a typical, inpatient psychiatric unit.
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