PMID- 28466745 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180314 LR - 20221207 IS - 1741-2854 (Electronic) IS - 0020-7640 (Linking) VI - 63 IP - 3 DP - 2017 May TI - The family economic status and outcome of people with schizophrenia in Xinjin, Chengdu, China: 14-year follow-up study. PG - 203-211 LID - 10.1177/0020764017692840 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Little is known about whether family economic status might influence the long-term (e.g. over 10 years) outcome of persons with schizophrenia in the community. AIM: To examine the differences in outcome at 14-year follow-up of persons with schizophrenia from high versus low family economic status backgrounds in a Chinese rural area. METHOD: A prospective 14-year follow-up study was conducted in six townships in Xinjin County, Chengdu, China. All participants with schizophrenia ( n = 510) were identified in an epidemiological investigation of 123,572 people aged 15 years and older and followed up from 1994 to 2008. RESULTS: Individuals from low family economic status (