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ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2013

Clinical and psychosocial factors associated with needs for care: an Arab experience with a sample of treated community-dwelling persons with schizophrenia.

Muhammad A Zahid, J U Ohaeri

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Article in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Met and Unmet Needs in an Inpatient Psychiatry Setting in Spain.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2021
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  2. Patient needs four years after first psychiatric hospitalization in a Brazilian cohort.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2021
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Muhammad A ZahidDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Kuwait University, P. O. Box 24923, 13110 Safat, Kuwait. zahid@hsc.edu.kw
J U Ohaeri
Kuwait University · KWUniversity of Nigeria · NG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo (1) highlight the profile of the needs for care among a sample of persons with schizophrenia, using the Camberwell Assessment of Needs (CAN-EU), in comparison with the international data; (2) assess the association of patients' needs with socio-demographics, clinical characteristics and objective quality of life (QOL); and (3) compare the perceptions of patients with those of the staff.

methodConsecutive outpatients in stable condition were interviewed with the CAN-EU and measures of QOL and psychopathology.

resultsThere were 130 patients (68.5% men, mean age 36.8). The highest frequency of unmet needs was for money (29.2%). About a fifth of the subjects expressed unmet needs for six other items, including accommodation. The mean total needs was 8.67(7.1), the total met needs was 5.29 and total unmet needs was 3.38. The dimension with the highest frequency (40%) of unmet needs (functioning) is constituted by items that are related to family care at home. Staff identified significantly more needs than patients. Higher levels of needs were significantly associated with severity of psychopathology and negative affect, and not participating in outdoor activities. The mean number of needs was similar to reports from developing countries and higher than those from European countries. The met/unmet need ratio was similar to European data.

conclusionDespite free health services and family support, a number of our treated community-dwelling persons with schizophrenia had problems meeting basic and health-care needs. The findings call for a consideration of techniques for enhancing the capability of families to cope with the care of patients.

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Needs AssessmentQuality of LifeSocial SupportAdolescentAdultArabsAttitude of Health PersonnelCaregiversCommunity Mental Health ServicesFollow-Up StudiesHealth Services Needs and DemandHumansKuwaitMiddle AgedRegression AnalysisRisk Factors

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