title: Resilience in schizophrenia: A comparative study between a remote island and an urban area in Japan.
abstract: The resilience levels between patients with schizophrenia residing in a rural island and a metropolitan area in Tokyo, Japan, was compared and the factors associated with resilience were explored. The Resilience Scale (RS) and EuroQol were assessed, together with biological markers and multiple demographic variables. No significant difference was found in the RS scores between the two groups (40 subjects each). However, longer duration of illness and higher EuroQol score were significantly associated with a greater RS score, which indicates that potentially successful adaptation and subjective perspectives appear more pertinent than the degree of urbanicity in determining resilience levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazunari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Inokashira Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Takefumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Ohizumi hospital, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Ohshima Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imasaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Ohizumi hospital, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Ohshima Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Anatomy, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken-Ichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Sciences, Kanagawa Dental University Graduate School of Dentistry, Kanagawa, Japan; Research Institute of Salivary Gland and Health Medicine, Kanagawa Dental University Graduate School of Dentistry, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Juri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saruta
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Sciences, Kanagawa Dental University Graduate School of Dentistry, Kanagawa, Japan; Research Institute of Salivary Gland and Health Medicine, Kanagawa Dental University Graduate School of Dentistry, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsukinoki
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mimura
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Geriatric Psychiatry Division, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: hiroyuki.uchida.hu@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uchida
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012424:Rural Population; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Duration of illness; Quality of life; Resilience; Schizophrenia