[Preventive medical checkups and consultations in people with schizophrenia and a comparison group of similar social status].
OBJECTIVE
To examine whether the utilisation of preventive medical checkups and contacts to doctors differs between people with schizophrenia and a comparison group of comparable social status in Germany.


METHODS
120 patients, each 40 from a hospital, an out-patient clinic and a residential home, were interviewed as well as 118 attendants of a social welfare office as a comparison group.


RESULTS
Cancer screenings were realised less frequently than in the general population both among the patients and the controls. Contacts with doctors of somatic disciplines were more frequent among patients than among controls and the general population.


CONCLUSIONS
The health behaviour of patients with schizophrenia was not significantly different from a comparison group with similar social status.
Steinert
Tilman
T
Zentrum für Psychiatrie Südwürttemberg, Abteilung Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie I der Universität Ulm, Ravensburg. tilman.steinert@zfp-zentrum.de
Breier
Andrea
A
Flammer
Erich
E
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000706:statistics & numerical data