Factors that contribute to recurrence of schizophrenia in discharged clients attending to psychiatric clinic at Zomba mental hospital.

The purpose of the study was to find out the factors that contribute to recurrence of schizophrenia in discharged clients attending to psychiatric clinic at Zomba mental hospital. The study was conducted at Zomba mental hospital, at out patient department to clients attending to psychiatric clinic....

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Main Author: Malimba, Chikondi
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Language:English
Published: Kamuzu University of Health Sciences 2022
Online Access:http://nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw/handle/20.500.12845/465
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description The purpose of the study was to find out the factors that contribute to recurrence of schizophrenia in discharged clients attending to psychiatric clinic at Zomba mental hospital. The study was conducted at Zomba mental hospital, at out patient department to clients attending to psychiatric clinic. Health belief model was used as a theoretical basis for the study. A convenient sample of 30 subjects both male and female with a history of recurrence of schizophrenia was recruited in the study. A questionnaire which was translated into local language was used as a method for data correction and data was analysed manually. Data collection was done in 3 days. In brief the results indicated that drug non-compliance, non-attendance to psychiatric clinic for follow up care, lack of social network support, patient's lack of knowledge about the cause and the signs of relapse of their mental illness contributed to their recurrence of mental illness.
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spelling oai:nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw:20.500.12845-4652023-03-12T00:07:25Z Factors that contribute to recurrence of schizophrenia in discharged clients attending to psychiatric clinic at Zomba mental hospital. Malimba, Chikondi The purpose of the study was to find out the factors that contribute to recurrence of schizophrenia in discharged clients attending to psychiatric clinic at Zomba mental hospital. The study was conducted at Zomba mental hospital, at out patient department to clients attending to psychiatric clinic. Health belief model was used as a theoretical basis for the study. A convenient sample of 30 subjects both male and female with a history of recurrence of schizophrenia was recruited in the study. A questionnaire which was translated into local language was used as a method for data correction and data was analysed manually. Data collection was done in 3 days. In brief the results indicated that drug non-compliance, non-attendance to psychiatric clinic for follow up care, lack of social network support, patient's lack of knowledge about the cause and the signs of relapse of their mental illness contributed to their recurrence of mental illness. 2022-04-11T11:52:32Z 2022-04-11T11:52:32Z 2005-11-18 Other http://nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw/handle/20.500.12845/465 en application/pdf Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
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Factors that contribute to recurrence of schizophrenia in discharged clients attending to psychiatric clinic at Zomba mental hospital.
title Factors that contribute to recurrence of schizophrenia in discharged clients attending to psychiatric clinic at Zomba mental hospital.
title_full Factors that contribute to recurrence of schizophrenia in discharged clients attending to psychiatric clinic at Zomba mental hospital.
title_fullStr Factors that contribute to recurrence of schizophrenia in discharged clients attending to psychiatric clinic at Zomba mental hospital.
title_full_unstemmed Factors that contribute to recurrence of schizophrenia in discharged clients attending to psychiatric clinic at Zomba mental hospital.
title_short Factors that contribute to recurrence of schizophrenia in discharged clients attending to psychiatric clinic at Zomba mental hospital.
title_sort factors that contribute to recurrence of schizophrenia in discharged clients attending to psychiatric clinic at zomba mental hospital.
url http://nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw/handle/20.500.12845/465
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