Objectives

This study aimed to evaluate the impact on emotional, social, physical and educational functioning of a therapeutic recreation camp provided by ‘Over The Wall’, a UK charity for children and young people with chronic illness or disability.

Method

Two hundred and sixty four people registered to attend camp were sent the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory version Child Self-Report Scale before camp, immediately after camp, 1 month after camp and 3 months after camp.

Results

Of those invited to participate, 178 children completed the pre-camp survey (67% response rate). Of those, 105 completed both the post-camp 1 and pre-camp questionnaires (59% of pre-camp respondents), and 60 of those participants subsequently completed the 1-month post-camp questionnaire as well (34% of pre-camp respondents). Only 32 participants completed the 3-month follow-up data (18% of pre-camp respondents). Across the first three timepoints (pre-Camp, post-Camp and 1 month follow-up), a repeated measures ANOVA indicated a significant improvement in emotional and social functioning, but not physical or school functioning (p < 0.05). Post-hoc analyses on pre-camp and post-camp scores revealed small-medium effect sizes of 0.317 and 0.272 for emotional and social functioning, respectively.

Discussion

The therapeutic recreation summer camp provided for children and young people with health challenges had a significant, positive impact on emotional and social functioning. Such camps can therefore be considered as having empirical support for their aims. Further work is warranted to increase the response rate to establish the longer term impact of the camps and the wider impact of the camps on the wider family.

中文翻译：

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青少年重病残障治疗性休闲夏令营的社会心理影响调查

目标

本研究旨在评估由英国慈善机构“Over The Wall”提供的治疗性休闲营对情绪、社交、身体和教育功能的影响，该营地是为患有慢性疾病或残疾的儿童和青少年提供的。

方法

营前、营后立即、营后 1 个月和营后 3 个月，向营地注册参加的 264 人发送了儿科生活质量量表版本的儿童自我报告量表。

结果

在受邀参加的人中，178 名儿童完成了营前调查（67% 的回应率）。其中，105 人同时完成了营后 1 和营前问卷（占营前受访者的 59%），其中 60 名参与者随后也完成了 1 个月的营后问卷（占营前受访者的 34%）受访者）。只有 32 名参与者完成了 3 个月的随访数据（占训练营前受访者的 18%）。在前三个时间点（训练前、训练后和 1 个月的随访），重复测量方差分析表明情绪和社会功能有显着改善，但身体或学校功能没有显着改善（p < 0.05）。对营前和营后分数的事后分析显示，情绪和社会功能的中小效应分别为 0.317 和 0.272。

讨论

为有健康问题的儿童和年轻人提供的治疗性休闲夏令营对情绪和社会功能产生了显着的积极影响。因此，这些阵营可以被视为对其目标有经验支持。需要进一步开展工作以提高响应率，以确定营地的长期影响以及营地对更广泛家庭的更广泛影响。