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Functioning in community-dwelling patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders in rural Greece

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  • Vaios Peritogiannis
  • Panagiota Nikolaou

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Background: There is a dearth of studies on functioning in patients with psychotic disorders in rural areas. Aim: The objective of this study was to assess functioning in a population-based sample of patients with psychotic disorders who live in rural, remote and deprived areas in Greece, and to explore the differences in functioning across ages. Methods: The sample consisted of 61 patients with psychotic disorders that were engaged to treatment with a community mental health service. The mean age of patients was 54.2 years, and the mean illness duration was 26.5 years. Results: A total of 23 patients (37.7%) had score in the Global Assessment of Functioning scale >60, and were rated as adequately functioning, and 18 patients (29.5%) had score in Clinical Global Impression scale-Schizophrenia ⩽3 and could be rated as mildly or minimally ill. Functioning was found to be inversely related to the patients’ symptomatology. No correlation with age was found. Conclusion: This study suggests that a large proportion of patients with psychotic disorders in rural Greece may achieve a satisfactory level of functioning in the long-term, across the whole age range despite the not completely remitted symptomatology. More research is needed to clarify the factors associated with rural residency that may account for patients’ functioning.

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  • Vaios Peritogiannis & Panagiota Nikolaou, 2020. "Functioning in community-dwelling patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders in rural Greece," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 66(2), pages 111-117, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:66:y:2020:i:2:p:111-117
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764019882709
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    1. Vaios Peritogiannis & Afroditi Gogou & Maria Samakouri, 2020. "Very long-term outcome of psychotic disorders," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 66(7), pages 633-641, November.
    2. Vaios Peritogiannis & Sofia Rousoudi & Theofanis Vorvolakos & Panagiota Gioti & Afroditi Gogou & Argiri Arre & Maria Samakouri, 2022. "A comparative study of two Mobile Mental Health Units in different catchment rural areas in Greece," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 68(2), pages 324-333, March.
    3. Vaios Peritogiannis & Ioannis Drakatos & Panagiota Gioti & Aikaterini Garbi, 2023. "Vaccination rates against COVID-19 in patients with severe mental illness attending community mental health services in rural Greece," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 69(1), pages 208-215, February.
    4. Vaios Peritogiannis & Maria Samakouri, 2021. "Research on psychotic disorders in rural areas: Recent advances and ongoing challenges," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 67(8), pages 1046-1057, December.
    5. Vaios Peritogiannis & Panagiota Gioti & Afroditi Gogou & Maria Samakouri, 2020. "Decrease of hospitalizations and length of hospital stay in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders treated in a community mental health service in rural Greece," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 66(7), pages 693-699, November.
    6. Manuel Rojas & Maite Barrios & Juana Gómez-Benito & Nadezhda Mikheenkova & Sergey Mosolov, 2021. "Functioning Problems in Persons with Schizophrenia in the Russian Context," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-14, September.

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