正念為基礎介入方案於改善慢性思覺失調症患者負性症狀之初探

The pilot study of mindfulness-based intervention for improving negative symptoms in chronic schizophrenia

Objectives: Negative symptoms have impacts on life functions among people with schizophrenia. This study was to develop and examine the effectiveness of mindfulnessbased intervention for people with schizophrenia.
Method: A randomized clinical trial was utilized to examine the effectiveness of mindfulnessbased intervention. Sixty patients with schizophrenia were randomly assigned into mindfulness group and treat-as-usual group. Depression, mindfulness and severity of
negative symptoms were assessed in pre-session, post-course and follow-up. ANCOVA was applied to analyze the data.
Results: Nineteen participants in mindfulness group completed eight-week courses. Compared with treat-as-usual group, participants in mindfulness group showed significantly positive changes in negative symptoms, whereas no significant differences of depression and mindfulness were found.
Conclusions: Our findings supported the effectiveness of mindfulness-based intervention on schizophrenia, a larger sample and cross-region, and biological outcomes should be considered in the future study.