Publications by authors named "Theclar O Iyidobi"

Article Synopsis
  • The study investigates neurocognitive deficits (NCD) in first-episode schizophrenia (FES) patients from Africa, highlighting their prevalence and changes over 8 weeks of treatment, compared to healthy controls (HC).
  • Among the FES group, 62.9% showed NCD after 8 weeks, significantly higher than just 1.2% in the HC group, with improvements in cognitive function noted at each follow-up.
  • The results indicate that better cognitive performance in FES correlates with lower psychopathology scores, suggesting a potential link between cognitive function and overall mental health outcomes in schizophrenia.
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Background: Despite robust evidence of the huge burden of caregiving amongst caregivers of patients with schizophrenia, there is a paucity of data in Africa on the interventions to address this enormous burden of caregiving.

Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of structured psychoeducation intervention on the burden of caregiving in comparison with 'care as usual' in a Nigerian Psychiatric Hospital.

Setting: This study was done at the out-patient and in-patient units of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.

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