Effects of ideation and imitation behavior training on rehabilitation in patients with chronic schizophrenia

Objective To explore the effects of ideation and imitation behavior training on rehabilitation in patients with chronic schizophrenia. Methods Totally 200 schizophrenia patients admitted and treated in 2016 from Fuzhou Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital were selected and equally randomized to treatment group (n=100) and control group (n=100) according to the random number table. Patients in the control group received conventional nursing, while patients in the treatment group received ideation and imitation behavior training for 8 weeks on this basis. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) , Nurses' Observation Scale for Inpatient Evaluation (NOISE) and Personal and Social Performance Scale (PSP) were used to compare the rehabilitation effects between the two groups. Results After intervention for 8 weeks, the score for correct response in WCSI in patients in the treatment group was (24.78±7.39) , higher than that of patients in the control group, and the score for continuous mistakes in WCSI in patients in the treatment group was (14.78±5.27) , lower than that of patients in the control group (t=3.800, 3.640; P<0.01) . After intervention for 8 weeks, the scores for NOISE (200.06±26.09) and PSP (79.83±4.21) in patients in the treatment group were higher than those of patients in the control group (t=6.880, 19.040; P<0.01) . Conclusions Ideation and imitation behavior training helps to improve the patients' cognitive performance, including attention, memory, linguistic competence and reasoning ability, as well as self-care ability of daily living and social function, and promotes chronic schizophrenia patients' rehabilitation. Key words: Schizophrenia; Rehabilitation; Ideation; Imitation training