Immediate effects of improved hospital environment on behaviour patterns of mentally handicapped patients.
In 1972 three old hospitals were closed and patients transferred to a new hospital for the mentally handicapped. Four to six weeks before transfer, disturbed and a sample of non-disturbed patients were rated on a selected scale; they were again rated four to six weeks after transfer. The disturbed patients numbered 39 per cent of the total and both men and women shared a significant improvement, though the men did not improve to the same extent as the women. There was also a significant improvement among the non-disturbed patients, though this did not apply to the epileptic patients.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012737:Sex Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D013997:Time Factors