Comparison of clinical outcomes following 2 years of treatment of first-episode psychosis in urban early intervention services in Canada and India

BACKGROUND: Purported superior outcomes for treatment of psychosis in low- and middle-income (LMICs) compared with high-income (HICs) countries have not been examined in the context of early intervention services (EIS).

AIMS: To compare 2-year clinical outcomes in first-episode psychosis (FEP) treated in EIS in Chennai (LMIC) and Montreal (HIC) using a similar EIS treatment protocol and to identify factors associated with any outcome differences.

METHOD: Patients with FEP treated in EIS in Chennai (n = 168) and Montreal (n = 165) were compared on change in level of symptoms and rate and duration of positive and negative symptom remission over a 2-year period. Repeated-measures analysis of variance, and logistic and linear regression analyses were conducted.

RESULTS: Four patients died in Chennai compared with none in Montreal. Family support was higher for Chennai patients (F = 14.05, d.f. = 1, P < 0.001, ƞp2 = 0.061) and increased over time at both sites (F = 7.0, d.f. = 1.915, P < 0.001, ƞp2 = 0.03). Negative symptom outcomes were significantly better in Chennai for level of symptoms (time × site interaction F = 7.36, d.f. = 1.49, P = 0.002, ƞp2 = 0.03), duration of remission (mean 16.1 v. 9.78 months, t = -7.35, d.f. = 331, P < 0.001, Cohen's d = 0.80) and the proportion of patients in remission (81.5% v. 60.3%, χ2 = 16.12, d.f. = 1, P < 0.001). The site differences in outcome remained robust after adjusting for inter-site differences in other characteristics. Early remission and family support facilitated better outcome on negative symptoms. No significant differences were observed in positive symptom outcomes.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with FEP treated in EIS in LMIC contexts are likely to show better outcome on negative symptoms compared with those in HIC contexts. Early remission and family support may benefit patients across both contexts.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:217

Enthalten in:

The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science - 217(2020), 3 vom: 06. Sept., Seite 514-520

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Malla, Ashok [VerfasserIn]
Iyer, Srividya N [VerfasserIn]
Rangaswamy, Thara [VerfasserIn]
Ramachandran, Padmavati [VerfasserIn]
Mohan, Greeshma [VerfasserIn]
Taksal, Aarati [VerfasserIn]
Margolese, Howard C [VerfasserIn]
Schmitz, Norbert [VerfasserIn]
Joober, Ridha [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Clinical outcomes
Early intervention service
Family support
First-episode psychosis
High-income low-income country comparison
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 27.04.2021

Date Revised 27.04.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1192/bjp.2020.126

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312017146