Laxmi Kumari
AIIMS, India
Title: Relationship between ‘Community Functioning’ Of Patients having Schizophrenia With Their Subjective Well Being And Self Efficacy.
Biography
Biography: Laxmi Kumari
Abstract
Background: Patient’s with schizophrenia shows scarcity in various spheres of cognitive function which affects their community functioning, subjective wellbeing and self efficacy. Only clinical measures for determining the total recovery of a patient with schizophrenia will not be enough, to ensure their complete functioning.
Aim: To explored the Relationship of Community Functioning of Persons having Schizophrenia with their Subjective well-being and Self- efficacy.
Methodology: A cross-sectional survey done on 30 adult patients having Schizophrenia in remission phase. Setting: a tertiary care hospital in Delhi. Ethical permission was obtained. Tools: Lawton Instrumental activities of daily living scale and the UCSD performance-based skills assessment (UPSA-BRIEF) scale, WHO-5 Well-being scale and generalized self efficacy scale by Schwarzer and Ralf were used.
Results: The Most of patients were male(63% ), mean duration of illness- 11.35±9.31years, mean duration of treatment- 9.56±9 years, most 70% were compliant with treatment regimen and 93% of them were getting atypical anti-psychotics. Although patients were in their remission phase still they had poor community functioning, poor subjective wellbeing and lower self efficacy. Self efficacy is negatively correlated with total duration of illness and total duration of dysfunction. Self efficacy was higher for those with higher educational status and compliance. High community functioning and self efficacy was positively correlated.
Conclusion: The subjective wellbeing and self efficacy of patients must be assesses separately and not to be confused with activities of daily living in order to improve both psychological and social impairments and carry out interventions to enhance the social functioning and Quality of life of patients.