The impact of auditory hallucinations severity on social skills and depressive symptoms among schizophrenic patients | ||
| Mansoura Nursing Journal | ||
| Volume 10, Issue 1, January 2023, Pages 155-166 PDF (1.19 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2023.320383 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Azza Abdelraof; Samia Hamed; Eman Abd ELhay | ||
| Lecturer, Department of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Previous research has shown that auditory hallucination severity affects social skills and depressive symptoms among schizophrenic patients in various ways. However, few studies have focused on examining the relationship between auditory hallucinatory severity, social skills, and depressive symptoms. Aim: explore the impact of auditory hallucinatory severity on social skills and depressive symptoms among schizophrenic patients. Research design: A descriptive correlation research design was used in this study. Subjects & Methods: Purposive sample of 151 schizophrenic patients was obtained from Mansoura University hospital psychiatric inpatient wards and outpatient. Data were collected from patients by using three tools in addition to socio-demographic and clinical characteristics, Beck depression inventory II, Social skills assessment screening scale, and Phenomenology of hallucinations scale. Results: There is a positive relation between severity of auditory hallucination, depressive symptoms and social skills deficits among schizophrenic patients .Conclusion: The results confirmed that auditory hallucination severity has effect on social skills and depressive symptoms. Recommendations: This work shows that psychiatric nurses should teach persons with schizophrenia how to employ auditory hallucination management strategies to avoid being engaged in auditory hallucinations and diminishing social connection with the real world, in order to ameliorate depressive symptoms. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| auditory hallucinations; depressive symptoms; schizophrenia; social skills | ||
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