TY - JOUR
T1 - Family support and adaptation mechanisms of adults outpatients with schizophrenia
AU - Widiyawati, Wiwik
AU - Yusuf, Ah
AU - Devy, Shrimarti Rukmini
AU - Widayanti, Dini Mei
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© the Author(s), 2020 Licensee PAGEPress, Italy.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Background: The presence of psychotic symptoms in adults’ with schizophrenia need an increase in family control and support to prevent the risk of aggressive behavior. However, the issue of whether psychotic symptoms hold any clinical relevance in relatively stable outpatient samples has not been established. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to identify the relationship between family supports and adaptation mechanisms of adults’ outpatients with schizophrenia. Design and methods: The study design involves quantitative research and descriptive correlation, attained through purposive sampling approach. 101 samples were obtained from the population of schizophrenia outpatients. The questionnaires of House & Kahn were used as an instrument to evaluate family support, while Nursalam questionnaires were used to access adaptation skills. Results: Findings from Spearman’s rho test showed P<0.005, indicating the provision of high family support, while patients were highly adaptive to the symptoms of schizophrenia. Conclusions: This study indicates the positive influence of family support on the adaptability of schizophrenia outpatients, hence there is need for relatives to provide good level of support, in order to facilitate adaptability.
AB - Background: The presence of psychotic symptoms in adults’ with schizophrenia need an increase in family control and support to prevent the risk of aggressive behavior. However, the issue of whether psychotic symptoms hold any clinical relevance in relatively stable outpatient samples has not been established. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to identify the relationship between family supports and adaptation mechanisms of adults’ outpatients with schizophrenia. Design and methods: The study design involves quantitative research and descriptive correlation, attained through purposive sampling approach. 101 samples were obtained from the population of schizophrenia outpatients. The questionnaires of House & Kahn were used as an instrument to evaluate family support, while Nursalam questionnaires were used to access adaptation skills. Results: Findings from Spearman’s rho test showed P<0.005, indicating the provision of high family support, while patients were highly adaptive to the symptoms of schizophrenia. Conclusions: This study indicates the positive influence of family support on the adaptability of schizophrenia outpatients, hence there is need for relatives to provide good level of support, in order to facilitate adaptability.
KW - Adaptation mechanisms
KW - Family support
KW - Schizophrenia
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088572914&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4081/jphr.2020.1848
DO - 10.4081/jphr.2020.1848
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088572914
SN - 2279-9028
VL - 9
SP - 219
EP - 222
JO - Journal of Public Health Research
JF - Journal of Public Health Research
IS - 2
M1 - 1848
ER -