A Global, Regional, and National Burden and Quality of Care Index for Schizophrenia: Global Burden of Disease Systematic Analysis 1990-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background and hypothesis

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder usually presented in adulthood that affects roughly 0.3 percent of the population. The disease contributes to more than 13 million years lived with disability the global burden of disease. The current study aimed to provide new insights into the quality of care in Schizophrenia via the implementation of the newly introduced quality of care index (QCI) into the existing data.

Study design

The data from the global burden of disease database was used for schizophrenia. Two secondary indices were calculated from the available indices and used in a principal component analysis to develop a proxy of QCI for each country. The QCI was then compared between different sociodemographic index (SDI) and ages. To assess the disp

SUBMITTER: Same K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11349008 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature