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Socio‐Demographic and Clinical Profiles of Paranoid and Nonparanoid Schizophrenia: A Prospective, Multicenter Study in China
Author(s) -
Xiang YuTao,
Wang ChuanYue,
Chiu Helen F. K.,
Weng YongZhen,
Bo QiJing,
Chan Sandra S. M.,
Lee Edwin H. M.,
Ungvari Gabor S.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2010.00281.x
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , paranoid schizophrenia , marital status , psychiatry , multicenter study , china , clinical psychology , medicine , multivariate analysis , longitudinal study , psychology , psychosis , population , randomized controlled trial , environmental health , pathology , political science , law
PURPOSE: This study aimed to explore the socio‐demographic and clinical characteristics of paranoid and nonparanoid subtypes of schizophrenia. DESIGN AND METHODS: In a multicenter, randomized, controlled, longitudinal study, 374 clinically stable schizophrenia patients were interviewed at entry with standardized assessment instruments and followed for 12–26 months. FINDINGS: In the multivariate analysis, male sex, married marital status, urban abode, and more frequent relapse over the study period were independently associated with paranoid schizophrenia. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: The socio‐demographic and clinical characteristics of Chinese patients with the paranoid subtype of schizophrenia are different from those of their Caucasian counterparts who are more likely to be women and have a better outcome.