Household poverty in people with severe mental illness in rural China: 1994-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about poverty trends in people with severe mental illness (SMI) over a long time span, especially under conditions of fast socioeconomic development.

Aims

This study aims to unravel changes in household poverty levels among people with SMI in a fast-changing rural community in China.

Method

Two mental health surveys, using ICD-10, were conducted in the same six townships of Xinjin county, Chengdu, China. A total of 711 and 1042 people with SMI identified in 1994 and 2015, respectively, participated in the study. The Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty index was adopted to measure the changes in household poverty. These changes were decomposed into effects of growth and equity using a static decomposition method. Factors associated with household

SUBMITTER: Yu YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7576660 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature