title: The Effectiveness of the Nanta-Program on Psychiatric Symptoms, Interpersonal Relationships, and Quality of Life in Forensic Inpatients with Schizophrenia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the Nanta-program on psychiatric symptoms, interpersonal relationships, and quality of life (QoL) in forensic inpatients with schizophrenia (SPR).
  
  
  METHODS
  A quasi-experimental study employing a nonequivalent control group and pre-posttest design was conducted. Participants were 38 forensic inpatients with SPR from South Korea (experimental group=18, control group=20). The intervention was conducted in 12 sessions over 12 weeks, taking 90 min per session. Data were analyzed using χ2-test and t-test with SPSS 22.0 program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The experimental group showed significant improvements in psychiatric symptoms (t=-2.73, p=.010) and slight improvement in interpersonal relationships (t=2.23, p=.0.34) after 12 weeks of group music therapy. There was no significant difference in QoL change between the two groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings indicate that the Nanta-program is an effective intervention program for improving psychiatric symptoms and interpersonal relationships of prisoners with schizophrenia.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Psychiatric, Ministry of Justice, Gong-ju, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Gang-Sook
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Chungnam National University, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: mhgang@cnu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Moonhee
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gang
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Chungnam National University, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kyongok
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D010054:Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009147:Music Therapy / Q000379:methods; D011329:Prisoners; D011330:Prisons; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011788:Quality of Life; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology