Citation

Ran MS, Yang LH, Liu YJ, Huang D, Mao WJ, Lin FR, Li J, Chan CLW. Int. J. Soc. Psychiatry 2017; 63(3): 203-211.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0020764017692840

PMID

28466745

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Little is known about whether family economic status might influence the long-term (e.g. over 10 years) outcome of persons with schizophrenia in the community.
AIM: To examine the differences in outcome at 14-year follow-up of persons with schizophrenia from high versus low family economic status backgrounds in a Chinese rural area.
METHOD: A prospective 14-year follow-up study was conducted in six townships in Xinjin County, Chengdu, China. All participants with schizophrenia ( n = 510) were identified in an epidemiological investigation of 123,572 people aged 15 years and older and followed up from 1994 to 2008.
RESULTS: Individuals from low family economic status ( CONCLUSION: Low family economic status is a predictive factor of poor long-term outcome of persons with schizophrenia in the rural community. Individuals' family economic status should be considered in making mental health policy and providing community-based mental health services.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Adult; Aged; Female; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Socioeconomic Factors; Suicide; Prospective Studies; Rural Population; Proportional Hazards Models; Marriage; poverty; Schizophrenia; China; schizophrenia; Follow-Up Studies; Schizophrenic Psychology; outcome; Ill-Housed Persons; Remission Induction; Family economic status