Benson S Ku1, Luca Pauselli2, Marc Manseau3, Michael T Compton4. 1. Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: Bsku@emory.edu. 2. Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, St. Luke's/West Hospital Center, Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY, USA. 3. New York University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY, USA. 4. Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Recent years have witnessed growing interest in the role of the social environment in the development and outcomes of schizophrenia. We investigated whether neighborhood characteristics are associated with two important prognostic factors in early-course psychosis, age at onset of psychosis (AOP) and duration of untreated psychosis (DUP). METHODS: Data were collected from patients admitted to the hospital for first-episode schizophrenia-spectrum disorder. We collected data on perceived neighborhood disorder during childhood/adolescence and extracted data on 13 neighborhood characteristics from the American Community Survey based upon individual addresses. Four neighborhood-level factors were derived from factor analysis. Multiple logistic regression analyses assessed the association between specific neighborhood characteristics and the two prognostic factors (earlier AOP and longer DUP) in early-course psychosis. RESULTS: 143 participants had valid addresses geo-coded. Neighborhood-level residential instability was associated with an earlier AOP (OR = 1.760; p = 0.022) even after controlling for known risk factors (OR = 2.026; p = 0.020) and also after controlling for individual-level residential instability (OR = 1.917; p = 0.037). The general socioeconomic status neighborhood factor (OR = 1.119; p = 0.019) and perceived neighborhood disorder (OR = 1.075; p = 0.005) were associated with a longer DUP. But only perceived neighborhood disorder (OR = 1.146; p = 0.011) remained significant, and general socioeconomic status was close to significant (OR = 1.215; p = 0.062), after controlling for individual-level predictors and socioeconomic status. CONCLUSIONS: This study found evidence that neighborhood-level characteristics (in this case, residential instability) may be associated with earlier AOP, and perceptions of neighborhood disorder are associated with a longer treatment delay. Socioenvironmental factors should be more consistently considered going forward in research on early psychotic disorders.
OBJECTIVE: Recent years have witnessed growing interest in the role of the social environment in the development and outcomes of schizophrenia. We investigated whether neighborhood characteristics are associated with two important prognostic factors in early-course psychosis, age at onset of psychosis (AOP) and duration of untreated psychosis (DUP). METHODS: Data were collected from patients admitted to the hospital for first-episode schizophrenia-spectrum disorder. We collected data on perceived neighborhood disorder during childhood/adolescence and extracted data on 13 neighborhood characteristics from the American Community Survey based upon individual addresses. Four neighborhood-level factors were derived from factor analysis. Multiple logistic regression analyses assessed the association between specific neighborhood characteristics and the two prognostic factors (earlier AOP and longer DUP) in early-course psychosis. RESULTS: 143 participants had valid addresses geo-coded. Neighborhood-level residential instability was associated with an earlier AOP (OR = 1.760; p = 0.022) even after controlling for known risk factors (OR = 2.026; p = 0.020) and also after controlling for individual-level residential instability (OR = 1.917; p = 0.037). The general socioeconomic status neighborhood factor (OR = 1.119; p = 0.019) and perceived neighborhood disorder (OR = 1.075; p = 0.005) were associated with a longer DUP. But only perceived neighborhood disorder (OR = 1.146; p = 0.011) remained significant, and general socioeconomic status was close to significant (OR = 1.215; p = 0.062), after controlling for individual-level predictors and socioeconomic status. CONCLUSIONS: This study found evidence that neighborhood-level characteristics (in this case, residential instability) may be associated with earlier AOP, and perceptions of neighborhood disorder are associated with a longer treatment delay. Socioenvironmental factors should be more consistently considered going forward in research on early psychotic disorders.
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