Risk and Protective Factors for Relapse among Individuals with Schizophrenia: A Qualitative Study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
| Autor: | Adellah Sariah, Khadija Malima, Anne H. Outwater |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male Mental Health Services medicine.medical_specialty Service delivery framework Substance-Related Disorders Family support Psychiatric Nursing Tanzania Medication Adherence Recurrence Risk Factors Outpatients medicine Humans Risk factor Relapse Psychiatry Qualitative Research Aged biology Family caregivers business.industry Middle Aged Protective Factors medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health Caregivers Schizophrenia Africa Mental Health (psycho-social health & wellbeing) Female business Delivery of Health Care Qualitative research Research Article Antipsychotic Agents |
| Zdroj: | BMC Psychiatry |
| Popis: | Background Relapse in people with schizophrenia is a major challenge for mental health service providers in Tanzania and other countries. Approximately 10% of people with schizophrenia are re-admitted due to relapse at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) Psychiatric Unit each month. Relapse brings about negative effects and it results in a huge burden to patients, their families, the mental health sector and the country’s economy. So far no study has been done to address relapse in Tanzania. The purpose of the study was to explore perspectives on risk and protective factors influencing relapse of people with schizophrenia and their caregivers attending Muhimbili National Hospital Psychiatric Out-patient Department, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Methods A qualitative study was conducted, involving in-depth interviews of seven people with schizophrenia who are out-patients and their seven family caregivers at MNH. Purposive sampling procedure was used to select participants for the study. Audio recorded in-depth interviews in Swahili language were conducted with all study participants. The recorded information was transcribed and analyzed using NVivo 9 computer assisted qualitative data analysis software. Results Personal risk and protective factors for relapse, environmental risk and protective factors for relapse and suggestions to reduce relapse were the main themes that emerged from this study. People with schizophrenia and their caregivers (all of whom were relatives) perceived non adherence to antipsychotic medication as a leading risk factor of relapse; other risks included poor family support, stressful life events and substance use. Family support, adherence to antipsychotic medication, employment and religion were viewed as protective factors. Participants suggested strengthening mental health psycho-education sessions and community home visits conducted by mental health nurses to help reduce relapse. Other suggestions included strengthening the nurse-patient therapeutic relationship in provision of mental health care. Conclusions This study calls for improvement in mental health care service delivery to individuals with schizophrenia. Establishing a curricular in mental health nursing that aims to produce competent mental health nurse force would improve nursing practice in mental health care service delivery. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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