Study of Frequency of Psychiatric Illnesses in the Family Members of the Patients Suffering from Schizophrenia
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Schizophrenia affects around 1% of world population. Due to its chronic nature and associated occupational impairment, it puts an enormous financial and psychological burden on the family members of the affected patients. Aim: To study the presence of psychiatric morbidity in family members of patients suffering from schizophrenia. Methods: Family members of patients attending psychiatric outpatient department fulfilling selection criterion were recruited for purpose of the study. The recruited persons were interviewed in detail using the special proforma prepared for the study and all the required data was collected from the patient and their relatives. Those patients having presence of psychiatric illness in the family members were encouraged to bring the family members for direct interview and for asked for the previous medical records if available. All the collected data was tabulated and analysed using appropriate statistical methods. Results: Final analysis of the data revealed that 40% of the patients had a family member suffering from psychiatric illness. Psychiatric morbidity of 30% was found in first degree relatives, while among second degree family members it was 12%. Mean age of onset for patients was 34.43 years whereas for family members it was 30.50 years. There was equal propensity for developing schizophrenia between the family members of male and female schizophrenia in our study. Conclusion: The risk for psychiatric morbidities like having schizophrenia is more in close relatives, out of maximum morbidity seen in first degree relatives of patients with equal propensity for both genders.
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Mukund Murke, Anurag Khapri
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