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Relationship of psychological symptoms, antipsychotics and social data with psychosocial function in schizophrenia patients in M alaysia
Author(s) -
Norlelawati A. Talib,
Kartini Abdullah,
Norsidah Kuzaifah,
Ramli Musa,
Wan Azizi Wan Sulaiman,
Tariq Abdul Razak
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asia‐pacific psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1758-5872
pISSN - 1758-5864
DOI - 10.1111/appy.12089
Subject(s) - psychosocial , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , clinical psychology , body mass index , psychology , sulpiride , population , psychiatry , medicine , environmental health , dopaminergic , neuroscience , dopamine
The present study investigated the relationship between psychological symptoms and psychosocial function and the role of relevant sociodemographic data and antipsychotic use in the prediction of psychosocial function among multiracial schizophrenia outpatients in M alaysia. Methods A total of 223 participants were recruited in this cross‐sectional study conducted from D ecember 2010 to A pril 2011. Psychological symptoms were assessed using the P ositive and N egative S yndrome S cale whilst the psychosocial function was assessed using the P ersonal and S ocial P erformance scale. Sociodemographic and treatment variables were gathered through interview or review of the medical records. Results All dimensions of psychosocial functions were inversely correlated with P ositive and N egative S yndrome S cale sub‐domains. Only the disorganization sub‐domain significantly predicts all dimensions of psychosocial function. For social data, body mass index and employment status were significant predictors of all dimensions of psychosocial functions. Typical antipsychotics significantly predict social function negatively as compared to sulpiride (β = −0.152, P = 0.028). Discussion We found that the relationship between psychological symptoms and psychosocial functions were relatively consistent with the findings from the C aucasian population. Additionally, disorganization was the only significant predictor of all dimensions of psychosocial functions. This further emphasized the importance of cognition in psychosocial function. The roles of sulpiride, body mass index and employment status as predictors of psychosocial function were also discussed.