Factors Associated with Self - care behaviors of Patients with Chronic Schizophrenia
Keywords:
Self-care behaviors, Social support, Self-efficacy, Family function, Patients with chronic schizophreniaAbstract
The descriptive study aimed to determine relationship among knowledge of the disease and drug-assisted treatment, social support, self-efficacy, and family function in relation to self-care behaviors of 90 patients with chronic schizophrenia who were treated with medication or monitored at a psychiatric clinic in Kalasin province using a purposive sample technique. The questionnaires used to collect the data were: 1) Personal information questionnaire; 2) Self-care behavior assessment; 3) Knowledge of the disease and drug-assisted treatment measurement; 4) Social support measurement; 5) Self-efficacy measurement; and 6) Family function measurement. The reliability indexes for parts 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 were 0.87, 0.92, 0.80, 0.80, and 0.88, respectively. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation analysis.
According to the results, the majority of patients with chronic schizophrenia were male, and they exhibited good self-care behaviors (x ̅ = 132.73, S.D. = 6.47). Knowledge of the disease and drug-assisted treatment, social support, and self-efficacy, all had statistically significant moderately positive relationships with self-care behaviors at the 0.5 level (r =.497, p =.000; r =.498, p =.000; r =.573, p =.000, respectively). However, there was no statistically significant negative association between self-care behaviors and family function (r = -.028, p =.795).
The study's findings may serve as baseline information to enhance recommendations for encouraging self-care behaviors.
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