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8th Edition of Nursing World Conference

October 17-19, 2024 | Baltimore, USA

October 17 -19, 2024 | Baltimore, USA
NWC 2018

Loneliness among inpatients diagnosed with schizophrenia

Speaker at Nursing Conference - Shaher H Hamaideh
The Hashemite University, Jordan
Title : Loneliness among inpatients diagnosed with schizophrenia

Abstract:

Patients with schizophrenia suffer from loneliness, inadequate social support, and low levels of satisfaction with life, which make them more vulnerable to relapse and exacerbate of their symptoms. This study aimed at identifying the predictors and relationships of loneliness with social support and satisfaction with life. Data were collected by cross-sectional method from 230 in-patients with schizophrenia through a structured interview. The mean score of loneliness was 52.6 (SD=7.5). Two-thirds of the participants had moderate to high level of loneliness. The mean score of perceived social support was 44.86 (SD=16.84). The highest level of social support perceived from significant others. The mean score of satisfaction with life was 17.12 (SD=7.73). Three variables (satisfaction with life, social support from friends, and duration of treatment) predicted loneliness explaining 41.3% of the total variance.

Addressing loneliness and its correlated variables is very important in creating interventions that targeting patients with schizophrenia to decrease loneliness and enhance social support system and satisfaction with life.

Audience Take Away:

  • Most participants with schizophrenia had moderate to high level of loneliness.

The highest level of social support perceived by patients was from significant others. Satisfaction with life, social support from friends, and duration of treatment predicted loneliness among patients with schizophrenia.

Biography:

Shaher Hamaideh has completed his PhD in 2004 from University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He is the Associate dean at Faculty of Nursing at the Hashemite University, Jordan. He has published more than 30 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member in international nursing journal.

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