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Objectives: To identify various factors that might affect a high expressed emotion recognized by primary caregivers of the schizophrenic outpatients.Methods: Of patients who had been receiving outpatient treatments at department of psychiatry of Dong-A university hospital, 154 patients with a DSM-V diagnosis of schizophrenia with stable symptoms and their primary caregivers were enrolled in this study. Family attitude (family attitude scale) was assessed through an interview with primary caregivers. In these patients, symptoms (brief psychiatric rating scale), problem behavior (behavior and symptom identification scale), general health status (shortform 36 health survey), recovery (recovery assessment scale), drug attitude (drug attitude inventory), insight (self-appraisal of illness questionnaire) were assessed through a self reporting questionnaire. Multiple regression analysis were performed in consideration of 15 factors (age, sex, the level of education, marital status, job status, age of onset, duration of illness, number of hospitalization, chlorpromazine equivalent dose, symptoms, problem behavior, general health status, recovery, drug attitude, insight) as explanatory variables for a family attitude.Results: On a multiple regression analysis, the following five factors were found to be significant explanatory variables for a family attitude that is experienced by primary caregivers of the schizophrenic outpatients: job status, duration of illness, number of hospitalization, problem behavior, and drug attitude. A coefficient of determination for these five explanatory variables was 0.58. The high expressed emotion group had significantly higher number of hospitalizations and problem behavior, but lower employment, poorer genral health status, negative drug attitude, and lack of insight compared to the low expressed emotion group.Conclusion: Our results showed that five factors such as job status, duration of illness, number of hospitalization, problem behavior, and drug attitude were found to be significant explanatory variables for family attitude that is experience by primary caregivers of the schizophrenic outpatients. Because these five variables account for 58% of total family attitude, however, further studies are needed to identify other factors that might affect a family attitude.
Objectives: To identify various factors that might affect a high expressed emotion recognized by primary caregivers of the schizophrenic outpatients.Methods: Of patients who had been receiving outpatient treatments at department of psychiatry of Dong-A university hospital, 154 patients with a DSM-V diagnosis of schizophrenia with stable symptoms and their primary caregivers were enrolled in this study. Family attitude (family attitude scale) was assessed through an interview with primary caregivers. In these patients, symptoms (brief psychiatric rating scale), problem behavior (behavior and symptom identification scale), general health status (shortform 36 health survey), recovery (recovery assessment scale), drug attitude (drug attitude inventory), insight (self-appraisal of illness questionnaire) were assessed through a self reporting questionnaire. Multiple regression analysis were performed in consideration of 15 factors (age, sex, the level of education, marital status, job status, age of onset, duration of illness, number of hospitalization, chlorpromazine equivalent dose, symptoms, problem behavior, general health status, recovery, drug attitude, insight) as explanatory variables for a family attitude.Results: On a multiple regression analysis, the following five factors were found to be significant explanatory variables for a family attitude that is experienced by primary caregivers of the schizophrenic outpatients: job status, duration of illness, number of hospitalization, problem behavior, and drug attitude. A coefficient of determination for these five explanatory variables was 0.58. The high expressed emotion group had significantly higher number of hospitalizations and problem behavior, but lower employment, poorer genral health status, negative drug attitude, and lack of insight compared to the low expressed emotion group.Conclusion: Our results showed that five factors such as job status, duration of illness, number of hospitalization, problem behavior, and drug attitude were found to be significant explanatory variables for family attitude that is experience by primary caregivers of the schizophrenic outpatients. Because these five variables account for 58% of total family attitude, however, further studies are needed to identify other factors that might affect a family attitude.
(1) Background: People who are diagnosed with schizophrenia experience a reduced average lifespan compared to the general population. Also, approximately 85% of individuals with schizophrenia have chronic physical illnesses. Moreover, 60% of premature deaths in this population could be prevented through the adoption of health-promoting behaviors. (2) Methods: This study involved the recruitment of 220 participants from an outpatient clinic in Seoul, South Korea. Inclusion criteria comprised adults aged 19 years or older with a confirmed diagnosis of schizophrenia. Data collection occurred between 25 May 2021 and 2 August 2021, utilizing self-report questionnaires. A total of 202 responses were subjected to analysis using SPSS 23.0 and AMOS 23.0. (3) Results: The findings indicate that the final model is characterized by the following values: Normed x2 = 2.240, RMSEA = 0.079, TLI = 0.926, x2 = 562.2 (p < 0.001), AGFI = 0.830, GFI = 0.814, and CFI = 0.938. Notably, health knowledge did not exhibit a significant direct or overall impact on health-promoting behaviors. Conversely, social support and psychiatric symptoms demonstrated direct, indirect, and total effects on health promotion through an intervening variable. This study underscores the pivotal role of self-efficacy as the most influential factor affecting health-promoting behaviors in individuals with schizophrenia. (4) Conclusions: enhancing self-efficacy emerges as a crucial element in the design and implementation of intervention programs aimed at improving health-promoting behaviors in individuals with schizophrenia.
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