@conference{6cbe51015fb143339a8c0f188526243a,
title = "Does hydrotherapy improve a patient{\textquoteright}s sense of mental wellbeing to a greater extend than physiotherapy prescribed home exercise programs alone? A pilot study",
abstract = "Question: Does hydrotherapy improve the mental wellbeing of individualswith chronic conditions to a greater extent than a physiotherapyprescribed home exercise program alone?Design: Randomised crossover pilot studyIntervention: During the intervention period hydrotherapy sessionswere conducted for 45 minutes, twice weekly for four weeks (mean watertemperature 32.7±1.1°C).Outcome Measures: Warwick-Edinburgh Well-being Scale (WEWBS) andShort Form 36 (SF36) self-administered questionnaires.Results: Ten participants (female n=9: male n=1: mean age=70±8.85years) were included in this study. Following a paired t-test used to assessthe relative intervention effect, significant improvements (p=0.034) inmental wellbeing, as measured by the WEWBS, were found followingthe hydrotherapy intervention period. SF36-Physical Capacity Scoresapproached, but did not achieve significance (p=0.061) while the SF36-Mental Capacity Scores did not reach statistical significance (p=0.538)following the hydrotherapy intervention. No significant difference inchange in outcome measures was detected when sequencing effects wereexamined using independent t-tests following the cross over (p=0.153to 0.793).Conclusion: Hydrotherapy may enhance mental wellbeing and healthas well as physical health to a greater extent than a physiotherapyprescribed home exercise program alone for individuals with a chroniccondition. However this was not consistent among mental wellbeing andhealth scales.Key Practice Points:• Hydrotherapy is a viable treatment to improve a sense of wellbeing inpatients with chronic conditions.• Objective outcome results may vary depending on the tool used.• Hydrotherapy may also provide ancillary improvements in physicalcapacity as measure by the SF 36 in these patients.",
author = "Amy Carere and Michael Warburton and Orr, {Rob Marc}",
year = "2015",
month = oct,
language = "English",
pages = "27",
note = "CONNECT 2015 Physiotherapy Conference, APA 2015 ; Conference date: 03-10-2015 Through 06-10-2015",
url = "http://www.physiotherapy.asn.au/conference2015, https://issuu.com/graydesigngroup/docs/apa_symposium_2015_ebook_program_a4, https://issuu.com/graydesigngroup/docs/apa_2015_conference_abstracts_handb",
}