Evaluation of Severity of Schizophrenia in Tobacco Addicts

Authors

  • Washdev .
  • Zarmeen Qamar
  • Priyanka .
  • Kheenpal Das
  • Hina Rajani
  • Nauman Hashmani
  • Shah Kamal Hashmi
  • Raza Ur Rehman

Keywords:

Schizophrenia, Severity, Tobbaco use, Brief psychaitric rating scale (BPRS), Positive symptoms, negative symptoms

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Nicotine use is reported more in Schizophrenic patients as compared to general population, which results is decrease efficacy of psychotropic
medicines, thus increased severity of illness.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to evaluate the severity of schizophrenia following tobacco use.
METHODOLOGY: This cross-sectional study was conducted at department of Psychiatry Civil Hospital Karachi, Pakistan. Patients were recruited using convenience sampling technique. Clinical symptoms in patients were measured by the 18-item Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), scored 1–7 on each item.
RESULTS: Out of the 276 patients included in the study, more than half of the participants were tobacco addicts (n=150, 54%). The statistical analysis showed significant relation (p value=0.04) between the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) and tobacco addiction.
CONCLUSION: This study found that schizophrenia patients with tobacco addiction had worse psychiatric symptoms as compared to those who are not addicted to tobacco.

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Published

05-04-2019

How to Cite

1.
. W, Qamar Z, . P, Das K, Rajani H, Hashmani N, Hashmi SK, Ur Rehman R. Evaluation of Severity of Schizophrenia in Tobacco Addicts. J Liaq Uni Med Health Sci [Internet]. 2019 Apr. 5 [cited 2024 Nov. 22];17(01):18-22. Available from: http://ojs.lumhs.edu.pk/index.php/jlumhs/article/view/43

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