Perceived Causes and Associated Factors of Schizophrenia among Adult Feresbet Town Residents North West Ethiopia 2016/17

Abstract

Introduction: Traditional perception about the causes of schizophrenia can affect the way of seeking for help and lengthen the time of help seeking behavior. Therefore, evaluating the community perception towards the causes of schizophrenia is vital. Method and materials: The study was conducted at Feresbet town with multi-stage sampling technique by using Causal Model Questionnaire for Schizophrenia (CMQS). The collected data was explored to SPSS version 20 for analysis. Binary logistic regression was used and the level of significance of association was determined at P- value <0.05 with 95% confidence interval. Result: Majority 702 (73.7%) of respondents shared traditional perception about the cause of schizophrenia in contrast to bio-psychosocial causal explanations of schizophrenia. Older age, female sex and less education had significant association with supernatural causal perception of schizophrenia. Conclusion: This study showed that traditional causal perception of schizophrenia is high which demonstrates a need for educational and awareness creation programs.