Cross-Sectional Descriptive Pilot Study on the Risk of Psychotic Disorders among Adolescents
Background: Adolescence is a key stage for the development of different mental disorders, particularly psychotic disorders. This stage of life is accompanied by new habits or behaviours that can make a person more vulnerable to developing a psychotic disorder or, on the contrary, play a protective r...
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| author | Carmen Cendrero-Luengo María Jiménez-Palomares Juan Rodríguez-Mansilla Elisa María Garrido-Ardila |
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| description | Background: Adolescence is a key stage for the development of different mental disorders, particularly psychotic disorders. This stage of life is accompanied by new habits or behaviours that can make a person more vulnerable to developing a psychotic disorder or, on the contrary, play a protective role. Objective: To study the vulnerability to developing a psychotic disorder in adolescents and to analyse the main risk factors. Materials and methods: This is an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study. The data collection was conducted using the Prodromal Questionnaire Brief Version (PQ-B) test and a self-developed questionnaire based on the vulnerability–stress model. Results: Of the total sample (<i>n</i> = 44), 65.9% were male and 100% lived in a rural environment. In general, among risk factors (stress, alcohol and cannabis consumption, history, bullying, traumatic event and sedentary lifestyle), alcohol consumption and the presence of stress were found to have high values. Furthermore, a risk of psychosis was found in 38.6% of the studied population. Of this percentage of adolescents at risk, 64.7% consumed alcohol (<i>p</i> = 0.99) and 82.4% suffered from stress (<i>p</i> = 0.7161). The protective factor (physical activity) was found in more than half (59% <i>p</i> = 0.16). Conclusions: There is a high risk of psychosis among the young adolescents assessed in this study, where the explanatory factors identified with higher values were alcohol consumption and the presence of stress. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4f156ba65e99445e9ceae045c9442f162023-11-22T17:51:11ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672021-10-0181091610.3390/children8100916Cross-Sectional Descriptive Pilot Study on the Risk of Psychotic Disorders among AdolescentsCarmen Cendrero-Luengo0María Jiménez-Palomares1Juan Rodríguez-Mansilla2Elisa María Garrido-Ardila3Faculty of Medicine, San Joan d’Alacant Campus, Miguel Hernández University, 03550 San Joan d’Alacant, SpainADOLOR Research Group, Department of Medical-Surgical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Extremadura University, 06006 Badajoz, SpainADOLOR Research Group, Department of Medical-Surgical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Extremadura University, 06006 Badajoz, SpainADOLOR Research Group, Department of Medical-Surgical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Extremadura University, 06006 Badajoz, SpainBackground: Adolescence is a key stage for the development of different mental disorders, particularly psychotic disorders. This stage of life is accompanied by new habits or behaviours that can make a person more vulnerable to developing a psychotic disorder or, on the contrary, play a protective role. Objective: To study the vulnerability to developing a psychotic disorder in adolescents and to analyse the main risk factors. Materials and methods: This is an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study. The data collection was conducted using the Prodromal Questionnaire Brief Version (PQ-B) test and a self-developed questionnaire based on the vulnerability–stress model. Results: Of the total sample (<i>n</i> = 44), 65.9% were male and 100% lived in a rural environment. In general, among risk factors (stress, alcohol and cannabis consumption, history, bullying, traumatic event and sedentary lifestyle), alcohol consumption and the presence of stress were found to have high values. Furthermore, a risk of psychosis was found in 38.6% of the studied population. Of this percentage of adolescents at risk, 64.7% consumed alcohol (<i>p</i> = 0.99) and 82.4% suffered from stress (<i>p</i> = 0.7161). The protective factor (physical activity) was found in more than half (59% <i>p</i> = 0.16). Conclusions: There is a high risk of psychosis among the young adolescents assessed in this study, where the explanatory factors identified with higher values were alcohol consumption and the presence of stress.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/10/916psychotic disorderadolescencerisk factorsearly interventionoccupational therapy |
| spellingShingle | Carmen Cendrero-Luengo María Jiménez-Palomares Juan Rodríguez-Mansilla Elisa María Garrido-Ardila Cross-Sectional Descriptive Pilot Study on the Risk of Psychotic Disorders among Adolescents Children psychotic disorder adolescence risk factors early intervention occupational therapy |
| title | Cross-Sectional Descriptive Pilot Study on the Risk of Psychotic Disorders among Adolescents |
| title_full | Cross-Sectional Descriptive Pilot Study on the Risk of Psychotic Disorders among Adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Cross-Sectional Descriptive Pilot Study on the Risk of Psychotic Disorders among Adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cross-Sectional Descriptive Pilot Study on the Risk of Psychotic Disorders among Adolescents |
| title_short | Cross-Sectional Descriptive Pilot Study on the Risk of Psychotic Disorders among Adolescents |
| title_sort | cross sectional descriptive pilot study on the risk of psychotic disorders among adolescents |
| topic | psychotic disorder adolescence risk factors early intervention occupational therapy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/10/916 |
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