Functioning in community-dwelling patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders in rural Greece
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19271885 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vaios Peritogiannis (0000-0002-9825-154X, Mobile Mental Health Unit of the Prefectures of Ioannina and Thesprotia, Society for the Promotion of Mental Health in Epirus, Ioannina, Greece, corresponding author), Panagiota Nikolaou (0000-0003-4267-1796, Västerås Central Hospital, Västerås, Sweden) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 111-117 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Social Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7640 • E-ISSN: 1741-2854 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020764019882709 |
| PMID | 31692402 |
| OpenAlex | W2982727772 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 42 |
BACKGROUND: There is a dearth of studies on functioning in patients with psychotic disorders in rural areas. AIM: The objective of this study was to assess functioning in a population-based sample of patients with psychotic disorders who live in rural, remote and deprived areas in Greece, and to explore the differences in functioning across ages. METHODS: The sample consisted of 61 patients with psychotic disorders that were engaged to treatment with a community mental health service. The mean age of patients was 54.2 years, and the mean illness duration was 26.5 years. RESULTS: A total of 23 patients (37.7%) had score in the Global Assessment of Functioning scale >60, and were rated as adequately functioning, and 18 patients (29.5%) had score in Clinical Global Impression scale-Schizophrenia ⩽3 and could be rated as mildly or minimally ill. Functioning was found to be inversely related to the patients' symptomatology. No correlation with age was found. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that a large proportion of patients with psychotic disorders in rural Greece may achieve a satisfactory level of functioning in the long-term, across the whole age range despite the not completely remitted symptomatology. More research is needed to clarify the factors associated with rural residency that may account for patients' functioning
Clinical Global Impression · Environmental health · Global Assessment of Functioning · Population · Psychiatry · Rural area · Rural community · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming) · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Schizophrenia research and treatment
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |