STUDY OF RELAPSES IN SCHIZOPHRENIA USING THE LIFE TABLE METHOD

The life table has been used to study mortality and survival in a population and also the pattern of course of various chronic medical illnesses. In this study, the life table has been applied to a cohort of well defined Schizophrenic patients undergoing a long term followup. The probability of occu...

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Autores principales: Thara, R., Raman, K.J., Srinivasan, T.N., Rajkumar, S., Vijayalakshmi, V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1987
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3172485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21927250
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Sumario:The life table has been used to study mortality and survival in a population and also the pattern of course of various chronic medical illnesses. In this study, the life table has been applied to a cohort of well defined Schizophrenic patients undergoing a long term followup. The probability of occurence of relapses, time of maximum risk for occurence of relapses are estimated using the life table technique. The life table shows a steep fall in the percentage of Non-relapsers from 85% at the end of first year to 35% at the end of the third year. Projected survival rate at the end of 5 years, using the second degree parabola curve, is only 2 % which needs to be tested by further followup.

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