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Depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and their co‐occurrence among people living with schizophrenia in China: Prevalence and correlates
Author(s) -
Xi Shijun,
Shen Minxue,
Wang Yao,
Zhou Wei,
Xiao Shuiyuan,
Tebes Jacob Kraemer,
Yu Yu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.23141
Subject(s) - anxiety , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , depressive symptoms , psychiatry , odds ratio , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , psychology , cross sectional study , psychological intervention , medicine , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Background The current study examines the prevalence of depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, their occurrence, and key socio‐demographic and clinical correlates among people living with schizophrenia. Methods A cross‐sectional study was conducted on 390 schizophrenia individuals. Depressive and anxiety symptoms, patient symptoms, functioning, and disability were assessed using standard assessment tools. Results People living with schizophrenia had a prevalence of 40.51% for depressive symptoms, 29.74% for anxiety symptoms, and 26.41% for their co‐occurrence. More symptoms (odds ratio [OR]: 1.04–1.06, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.01–1.10) and higher disability (OR: 1.06, 95% CI: 1.03–1.09) were associated with increased risk of depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and their co‐occurrence. In addition, having middle school or high school education (OR: 2.48–2.61, 95% CI: 1.15–5.53), and being unemployed (OR: 4.98–9.08, 95% CI: 1.09–69.87) were associated with increased risk for anxiety symptoms and its co‐occurrence with depressive symptoms. Conclusions Depressive and anxiety symptoms are relatively common. Interventions should carefully assess these symptoms to distinguish them from schizophrenia to target them in the treatment.