Rebecca Schwaiger, Isabel Maurus, Moritz Lembeck, Irina Papazova, David Greska, Susanne Muenz, Eliska Sykorova, Cristina E Thieme, Bob O Vogel, Sebastian Mohnke, Charlotte Huppertz, Astrid Roeh, Katriona Keller-Varady, Berend Malchow, Henrik Walter, Bernd Wolfarth, Wolfgang Wölwer, Karsten Henkel, Dusan Hirjak, Andrea Schmitt, Alkomiet Hasan, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Peter Falkai, Lukas Roell
Exercise interventions are nowadays considered as effective add-on treatments in people with schizophrenia but are usually associated with high dropout rates. Therefore, the present study investigated potential predictors of adherence from a large multicenter study, encompassing two types of exercise training, conducted over a 6-month period with individuals with schizophrenia. First, we examined the role of multiple participants' characteristics, including levels of functioning, symptom severity, cognitive performance, quality of life, and physical fitness...
March 29, 2024: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience