Predictors of improvement in personal recovery and activity engagement among mental health service users following a group-based sensory modulation intervention
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Mental health service users often have sensory processing difficulties affecting activity engagement and personal recovery. Since interventions targeting this area are scarce, a group-based sensory modulation intervention was developed. To determine in which settings and for whom this intervention has clinical value, this study aimed to investigate whether sociodemographic and clinical baseline characteristics were associated with improvement in personal recovery and activity engagement. METHODS: = 107) of a trial (reg.nr: NCT06432114) evaluating an 11-week group-based sensory modulation intervention in mental health outpatient units. Data were collected at baseline, post-intervention, and at 6-month follow-up. Analysis included descriptive statistics and baseline-adjusted multiple linear regression models. RESULTS: = 0.826). There were no significant associations between the predictors and activity engagement. CONCLUSION: Most predictors in the models were not significantly associated with improvement across any of the outcomes. This suggests that improvement in personal recovery and activity engagement, following the intervention, was accessible to the diverse group of mental health service users, independent of their baseline characteristics.
Source: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
Institutions: Lund University, Auckland University of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7221329928