title: A cross-sectional study to investigate current social adjustment of offspring of patients with schizophrenia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the impact of parental disorder in the life of adult offspring by evaluating education, current employment and marital status of a sample of offspring of patients with schizophrenia and comparing findings with population rates.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of 489 patients with DSM-IV diagnoses of schizophrenia was identified in the public outpatient mental health services of the city of Cuiabá, Brazil. Of these patients, 294 had children, and a total of 828 offspring were identified. Data for 431 offspring aged 18 years or older were collected using a structured questionnaire answered by the patient-parent and a family member.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The percentage of age-grade discrepancy for offspring aged 18 and 19 years was 59.2% (95%CI 45.4-73.0), not significantly different from the discrepancy rate for the same age group in the general population, which was 71.1%. Offspring of patients with schizophrenia had a significantly poorer employment situation than the general population (66.7% and 75.6%; 95%CI 62.1-71.3). Fewer male offspring were married than males in the general population (54.7% and 66.0%; 95%CI 48.2-61.2).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adult offspring of patients with schizophrenia had social adjustment problems that were markedly reflected in employment and marital status.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Clinical Medicine, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso (UFMT), Av. Fernando Correa da Costa, s/no, CEP 78060-900, Cuiaba, MT, Brazil. terzian.angela@gmail.com
authors.forename: Angela Cristina Cesar
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Terzian
authors.forename: Sérgio Baxter
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Andreoli
authors.forename: Lygia Merini
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Jair
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Jesus Mari
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McGrath
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors