TY - JOUR
T1 - Rate of family violence among patients with schizophrenia in Japan
AU - Kageyama, Masako
AU - Yokoyama, Keiko
AU - Nagata, Satoko
AU - Kita, Sachiko
AU - Nakamura, Yukako
AU - Kobayashi, Sayaka
AU - Solomon, Phyllis
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The first author received financial support from the Uehiro Foundation on Ethics and Education (No. B-016, 2014-2015) for the research and publication of this article.
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PY - 2015/9/24
Y1 - 2015/9/24
N2 - Family violence is a serious concern in the era of deinstitutionalization in Japan. Consequently, we aimed to clarify the rate of family violence among patients with schizophrenia, and differences by sex and relationship to the patient. We asked households belonging to a family group association to complete a self-administered mail survey. Of 350 households that responded, data for 302 were analyzed. The rate of violence toward any family member was 60.9% over the lifetime and 27.2% in the past year. Order of lifetime rates for family members from highest to lowest was 51.0% for mothers, 47.0% for fathers, 30.7% for younger sisters, 23.8% for spouses, 19.5% for younger brothers, 18.2% for older sisters, 17.1% for older brothers, and none for children. Younger sisters were more likely to be victims compared to other siblings. Fathers and older brothers were likely to be victims when patients were male.
AB - Family violence is a serious concern in the era of deinstitutionalization in Japan. Consequently, we aimed to clarify the rate of family violence among patients with schizophrenia, and differences by sex and relationship to the patient. We asked households belonging to a family group association to complete a self-administered mail survey. Of 350 households that responded, data for 302 were analyzed. The rate of violence toward any family member was 60.9% over the lifetime and 27.2% in the past year. Order of lifetime rates for family members from highest to lowest was 51.0% for mothers, 47.0% for fathers, 30.7% for younger sisters, 23.8% for spouses, 19.5% for younger brothers, 18.2% for older sisters, 17.1% for older brothers, and none for children. Younger sisters were more likely to be victims compared to other siblings. Fathers and older brothers were likely to be victims when patients were male.
KW - family caregiving
KW - family violence
KW - schizophrenia
KW - severe mental illness
KW - siblings
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U2 - 10.1177/1010539515595069
DO - 10.1177/1010539515595069
M3 - Article
C2 - 26182940
AN - SCOPUS:84940205187
VL - 27
SP - 652
EP - 660
JO - Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
JF - Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
SN - 1010-5395
IS - 6
ER -
