Prevalence and Influencing Factors of Receiving Regular Interviews for Patients with Severe Mental Disorders in Communities

Abstract

BackgroundPatients with severe mental disorders pose a serious threat to social stability due to lack of insight and high recurrence and disability rates. Therefore, it is essential to conduct regular interviews with these patients to better evaluate their conditions comprehensively, so as to timely deliver appropriate interventions, thereby improving the level of severe mental disorder management.ObjectiveTo explore the prevalence of receiving regular interviews and associated factors in patients with severe mental disorders in the community, providing information for improving the quality of severe mental disorder management via interviews.MethodsBasic and follow-up management data of Wuxi severe mental disorder patients with files created as of 2019 were collected from Jiangsu Severe Mental Disorder Patients Management System during October to December 2020. The prevalence of these patients receiving regular interviews was analyzed, and associated factors were examined by Logistic regression analysis.ResultsA total of 27 778 samples were included, with a prevalence of receiving regular interviews of 81.08% (22 523/27 778) . Logistic regression analysis showed that non-local hukou〔OR (95%CI) =0.704 (0.640, 0.775) 〕, ≤44 years old〔OR (95%CI) =0.522 (0.472, 0.578) 〕, education level〔high school/secondary vocational school: OR (95%CI) =0.493 (0.446, 0.545) and junior college: OR (95%CI) =0.470 (0.415, 0.532) 〕, full-time employment〔OR (95%CI) =0.715 (0.668, 0.766) 〕, unmarried〔OR (95%CI) =0.746 (0.665, 0.838) 〕, non-poor〔OR (95%CI) =0.587 (0.517, 0.666) 〕, no antipsychotic treatment〔OR (95%CI) =0.491 (0.440, 0.548) 〕, 0-10-year medication treatment〔OR (95%CI) =0.881 (0.778, 0.998) 〕, receiving no management subsidy〔OR (95%CI) =0.807 (0.704, 0.926) 〕, not participating in community rehabilitation services〔OR (95%CI) =0.844 (0.716, 0.996) 〕were barriers to receive regular interviews (P<0.05) .ConclusionThe prevalence of receiving regular interviews in Wuxi severe mental disorder patients needs to be improved. And recommended interventions include developing favorable policies for conducting regular interviews, carrying out relevant heath publicity and education, reducing the stigma of mental disorders, improving the awareness of mental disorders, and increasing social supports, with special focus on patients who are non-locals, aged≤44 years old, employed full-time, unmarried, non-poor, have high school or above education, have 0-10-year medication treatment but no antipsychotic treatment, have no subsidy for management, and do not participate in community rehabilitation services.

Keywords

• |mental disorders, severe|community health services|interviews|root cause analysis