Predictors of family caregiving burden of persons with schizophrenia with and without transition of primary caregivers from 1994 to 2015 in rural China.

Background: Little is known about how sociodemographic and clinical factors affect the caregiving burden of persons with schizophrenia (PwSs) with transition in primary caregivers.

Aims: This study aimed to examine the predictive effects of sociodemographic and clinical factors on the caregiving burden of PwSs with and without caregiver transition from 1994 to 2015 in rural China.

Method: Using panel data, 206 dyads of PwSs and their primary caregivers were investigated in both 1994 and 2015.

Longitudinal impact of caregiver transition and family caregiving on psychiatric symptoms and psychosocial functioning among persons with schizophrenia in rural China.

This study examines the 21-year longitudinal impacts and predictive effects of family caregiver transition and the presence of family caregiving on the clinical status of persons with schizophrenia (PwSs) in a rural area of China. Using panel data derived from the Chengdu Mental Health Project (CMHP), 250 dyads of PwSs and their family caregivers were investigated in 1994 and 2015. The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) were utilized.

Change of poverty and outcome of persons with severe mental illness in rural China, 1994-2015.

Background: It is unknown whether and how poverty influences the long-term outcome of persons with severe mental illness (SMI).

Aims: To explore the change of poverty status in persons with SMI from 1994 to 2015 and examine the impact of poverty status on patients' outcome in rural China.

Method: Two mental health surveys using identical methods and International Classification of Disease (ICD-10) were conducted in 1994 and 2015 in the same six townships of Xinjin County, Chengdu, China.

Treatment Status of Elderly Patients With Severe Mental Disorders in Rural China.

This study was performed to compare the treatment status between older (≥65 years) and younger adults (18-64 years) with severe mental illness (SMI) and explore factors associated with treatment status in rural China. Persons with SMI were identified in one mental health survey in 2015 in 6 townships of Xinjin County, Chengdu, China. Logistic regressions were conducted to explore factors associated with treatment status.

Perception of social support and psychotic symptoms among persons with schizophrenia: A strategy to lessen caregiver burden.

Background: Improving patients' perception of social support is significant not only for their re-adaptation to life but also for alleviating caregivers' burden.

Aim: This study aims to examine an integrated model regarding social support, psychotic symptoms and caregiver burden.

Methods: Persons with schizophrenia ( = 300) and their family caregivers ( = 300) in Xinjin County, Chengdu, China, completed the survey to report their demographics, patients' perception of social support (Duke Social Support Index), psychotic symptoms (Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale) and caregiver burden (Burden Scale for Family Caregivers, Short Version).

Changes in treatment status of patients with severe mental illness in rural China, 1994-2015.

Background: Although it is crucial to improve the treatment status of people with severe mental illness (SMI), it is still unknown whether and how socioeconomic development influences their treatment status.AimsTo explore the change in treatment status in people with SMI from 1994 to 2015 in rural China and to examine the factors influencing treatment status in those with SMI.

Method: Two mental health surveys using identical methods and ICD-10 were conducted in 1994 and 2015 (population ≥15 years old, n = 152 776) in the same six townships of Xinjin County, Chengdu, China.

Different outcomes of never-treated and treated patients with schizophrenia: 14-year follow-up study in rural China.

Background: The long-term outcome of never-treated patients with schizophrenia is unclear.

Aims: To compare the 14-year outcomes of never-treated and treated patients with schizophrenia and to establish predictors for never being treated.

Method: All participants with schizophrenia (n = 510) in Xinjin, Chengdu, China were identified in an epidemiological investigation of 123 572 people and followed up from 1994 to 2008.

Risk factors for poor work functioning of persons with schizophrenia in rural China.

Background: The long-term work performance of persons with schizophrenia in the community is unclear. This study examined the status of long-term work functioning and the predictors of poor work status among patients with schizophrenia in a Chinese rural area.

Methods: A 10-year follow-up investigation (1994-2004) of a cohort (n = 510) of persons with schizophrenia was conducted in Xinjin County, Chengdu, China.