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

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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]