THE EFFECT OF PHYSICAL EXERCISES ON ILLNESS BEHAVIOR: A CASE OF PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS OF SERVICES HOSPITAL OF LAHORE

Arif Jawaid; Abdul Khaliq Alvi; Mohsan Raza

Arif Jawaid Director Planning and Development Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Pakistan
Abdul Khaliq Alvi Lahore Garrison University
Mohsan Raza Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Central Punjab Lahore, Pakistan

Keywords: Physical Exercises, Illness Behavior, Psychiatric Patients, Services Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan

Abstract

The physical exercises are considered as the most effective tool
which has good effect on diverse illness behaviors of individuals.
The aim of this research is to check effect of physical exercises on
illness behavior. For this purpose, this research examined views
of 100 psychiatric patients from services hospital, Lahore which
were selected randomly. The results of study show that “physical
exercises” has positive significant effect on illness behavior. This
result is same result as propose in previous research. In future,
this kind of research will also conduct on the other departments
of different hospitals. This research can help the policy-makers of
heath department to formulation of batter policies for promoting
thoughts of physical exercises especially in psychiatric patients of
the country. For generalizing the results, more researches on the
other sectors like education sector, telecom sector may also have
conducted.