The family economic status and outcome of people with schizophrenia in Xinjin, Chengdu, China: 14-year follow-up study

Mao-Sheng Ran, Lawrence H Yang, Yu-Jun Liu, Debbie Huang, Wen-Jun Mao, Fu-Rong Lin, Jie Li and Cecilia Lai-Wan Chan

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2017, vol. 63, issue 3, 203-211

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 (

Keywords: Family economic status; poverty; schizophrenia; outcome; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764017692840

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