ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2016
Family caregivers and outcome of people with schizophrenia in rural China: 14-year follow-up study.
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- Mortality and suicide in schizophrenia: 21-year follow-up in rural China.BJPsych open · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study examined the differences in 14-year outcomes of persons with schizophrenia with and without family caregiver(s) in a rural community in China.
methodsAll participants with schizophrenia (n = 510) aged 15 years and older were identified in a 1994 epidemiological investigation of 123,572 people and followed up in 2004 and 2008 in Xinjin County, Chengdu, China.
resultsIndividuals without family caregiver in 1994 had significantly higher rate of homelessness (23.8 %) and lower rate of survival (47.5 %) in 2008 than those with family caregivers (5.1 and 70.9 %). Compared with individuals with family caregivers, those without family caregivers were more likely to be male, live alone, have fewer family members, lower family economic status, lower rates of marriage and complete remission, higher mean scores on PANSS and lower mean score on GAF in 2008. The predictors of participants without family caregiver in 2008 included having a small number of family members at baseline and being male.
conclusionsThe absence of a family caregiver is a predictive factor of poorer long-term outcome of persons with schizophrenia in the rural community. The critical role of family caregiving should be incorporated in the planning and delivering of mental health policies and community-based mental health services.
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