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- Title
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Schizophrenia Patients Registered with the Community Mental Health Center.
- Authors
Koç, İsmail; Koç, Ebru Akbuğa
- Abstract
Objective: The aim was to examine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on schizophrenia patients registered at the Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) in terms of depression, suicide risk, and tendency to violence. Methods: The study was conducted on patients registered at the CMHC who were regularly followed up. It was carried out on one hundred and eight individuals who met the diagnosis of schizophrenia according to the DSM-V and the inclusion criteria. Individuals were respectively classified as hospitalized patient group during the Covid-19 pandemic period (n=39), non-admitted patients with an emergency plan without hospitalization (n=37), and stable patient group (n=32). In the study, the Socio-Demographic Questionnaire, the Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia (CDSS), the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ), and the Suicide Probability Scale (SPS) were used. Results: While there was a significant difference between the groups in CDSS and BPAQ scores (p<0.05), there was no significant difference between the groups in the total score of SPS (p>0.05). There was no significant difference between the groups in terms of physical, verbal aggression, and anger in the BPAQ sub-dimensions (p>0.05), but a significant difference was found in the hostility subgroup (p<0.05). While there was no significant difference between the groups in the sub-dimensions of negative self and exhaustion, hostility in the SPS (p>0.05), a difference was found between the groups in the sub-dimension of disconnection from life (p<0.05). Also, a significant negative correlation was found between education level and CDSS values (r: 0.451; p: 0.025). Conclusion: In our study, the significant difference found in CDSS and BPAQ total scores of the three groups showed that schizophrenia patients with CMHC follow-up who tend to depression or violence were significantly affected by the pandemic period, and their treatment follow-up was more severe.
- Subjects
COMMUNITY mental health services; COVID-19 pandemic; PEOPLE with schizophrenia; HOSTILITY; SUICIDE risk factors; DATING violence; INVECTIVE
- Publication
Southern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia, 2024, Vol 35, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
2587-0998
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14744/scie.2024.85579