Characteristics and influencing factors in duration of untreated schizophrenia in Xi'an
Abstract：Objective To investigate the characteristics and influencing factors in duration of un-treated psychosis (DUP) in Xi'an ,and analyze the main reasons that affect patients did not receive treat-ment ,review and rehabilitation .Methods Totals of 1 581 patients with schizophrenia and their family members in Xi'an were investigated by using multi - stage stratified random sampling .The data were an-alyzed by using descriptive and chi - square test .Results The median of DUP was 30 days in all patients with schizophrenia .The main influence of DUP were stigma ,pray ,living style and family type .The main reasons of no active treatment were economic problems and mild thought on illness ;the reasons of unreview were illness cured and economic problems ;the reasons of no rehabilitation were economic prob-lems ,and having no knowledge of rehabilitation therapy .Conclusions The health education of patients and their families still need to be strengthened ,and health policy support should be further implemented .
Keywords：SchizophreniaDuration of untreated psychosisXi'an
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 429-433 )