Social support and quality of life among chronically homeless patients with schizophrenia
This study aimed to describe the sociodemographic characteristics, social support received, and quality of life of chronically homeless patients with schizophrenia in China. A self-prepared sociodemographic questionnaire, the Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), European Five-dimensional Health Scale...
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| author | Jinliang Chen Hongli Song Shuchun Li Ziwei Teng Yuhan Su Jindong Chen Jindong Chen Jing Huang Jing Huang |
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| description | This study aimed to describe the sociodemographic characteristics, social support received, and quality of life of chronically homeless patients with schizophrenia in China. A self-prepared sociodemographic questionnaire, the Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), European Five-dimensional Health Scale (EQ-5D), and Eysenck Personality were administrated to 3,967 chronically homeless and 3,724 non-homeless patients from the Department of Xiangtan Fifth People's Hospital, Hunan, China, between April 2011 and October 2016. Results indicated that the homeless patients were more likely to live outside the city and be ethnic minorities compared with non-homeless patients. Although the married proportion was higher among homeless patients, they had a higher rate of being divorced or widowed. Notably, the homeless patients had higher employment rates before illness, despite significantly lower education (P < 0.001). Chronically homeless patients with schizophrenia showed a lower score in the SSRS (30.29 ± 7.34 vs. 26.16 ± 10.04, p < 0.001); they had significantly lower objective support, subject support, social support, and EQ-Visual Analog Scale, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Psychoticism, and Eysenck Personality-Neuroticism scores (p < 0.001). Homeless patients may be worse off, and could be assisted by providing accommodation, family intervention, medical services (such as pain medication), and other comprehensive measures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-db51a40b683241d9a9893948a6dbd7da2022-12-22T00:59:11ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402022-07-011310.3389/fpsyt.2022.928960928960Social support and quality of life among chronically homeless patients with schizophreniaJinliang Chen0Hongli Song1Shuchun Li2Ziwei Teng3Yuhan Su4Jindong Chen5Jindong Chen6Jing Huang7Jing Huang8Department of Psychiatry, Shenzhen Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shenzhen, ChinaDepartment of Psychiatry, Fifth Ren Min Hospital of Xiangtan, Xiangtan, ChinaDepartment of Psychiatry, Fifth Ren Min Hospital of Xiangtan, Xiangtan, ChinaNational Clinical Research Center for Mental Diseases and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, ChinaNational Clinical Research Center for Mental Diseases and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, ChinaNational Clinical Research Center for Mental Diseases and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, ChinaChina National Technology Institute on Mental Disorders, Changsha, ChinaNational Clinical Research Center for Mental Diseases and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, ChinaChina National Technology Institute on Mental Disorders, Changsha, ChinaThis study aimed to describe the sociodemographic characteristics, social support received, and quality of life of chronically homeless patients with schizophrenia in China. A self-prepared sociodemographic questionnaire, the Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), European Five-dimensional Health Scale (EQ-5D), and Eysenck Personality were administrated to 3,967 chronically homeless and 3,724 non-homeless patients from the Department of Xiangtan Fifth People's Hospital, Hunan, China, between April 2011 and October 2016. Results indicated that the homeless patients were more likely to live outside the city and be ethnic minorities compared with non-homeless patients. Although the married proportion was higher among homeless patients, they had a higher rate of being divorced or widowed. Notably, the homeless patients had higher employment rates before illness, despite significantly lower education (P < 0.001). Chronically homeless patients with schizophrenia showed a lower score in the SSRS (30.29 ± 7.34 vs. 26.16 ± 10.04, p < 0.001); they had significantly lower objective support, subject support, social support, and EQ-Visual Analog Scale, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Psychoticism, and Eysenck Personality-Neuroticism scores (p < 0.001). Homeless patients may be worse off, and could be assisted by providing accommodation, family intervention, medical services (such as pain medication), and other comprehensive measures.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.928960/fullschizophreniahomelessnon-homelessquality of lifesocio-support |
| spellingShingle | Jinliang Chen Hongli Song Shuchun Li Ziwei Teng Yuhan Su Jindong Chen Jindong Chen Jing Huang Jing Huang Social support and quality of life among chronically homeless patients with schizophrenia Frontiers in Psychiatry schizophrenia homeless non-homeless quality of life socio-support |
| title | Social support and quality of life among chronically homeless patients with schizophrenia |
| title_full | Social support and quality of life among chronically homeless patients with schizophrenia |
| title_fullStr | Social support and quality of life among chronically homeless patients with schizophrenia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social support and quality of life among chronically homeless patients with schizophrenia |
| title_short | Social support and quality of life among chronically homeless patients with schizophrenia |
| title_sort | social support and quality of life among chronically homeless patients with schizophrenia |
| topic | schizophrenia homeless non-homeless quality of life socio-support |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.928960/full |
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