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Association between social support and the severity of positive symptoms in rural community-dwelling patients with schizophrenia during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Source :
- BMC Psychiatry, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2024.
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Abstract
- Abstract Background This study examined the association between social support and the severity of positive symptoms in rural community-dwelling schizophrenia patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method The cross-sectional study included 665 rural community-dwelling schizophrenia patients investigated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social support was measured using the Social Support Rating Scale, and positive symptoms were assessed using the Positive Scale extracted from the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale. Multiple linear regression was adopted to examine the association of social support with positive symptoms. Result The scores for total social support, subjective support, objective support and the use of social support were 28.3 ± 5.9, 16.4 ± 5.2, 6.5 ± 1.4 and 5.4 ± 2.8, respectively. Total social support (β = −0.08, 95%CI: −0.13 to −0.02, P
- Subjects :
- Social support
Positive symptoms
Schizophrenia
Psychiatry
RC435-571
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1471244X
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- BMC Psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.79c526f5b45cc83ec0ee7dc39737b
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-05571-z