Unmet Financial Needs of People with Psychotic Disorders-A Cross-Sectional Study in People with Psychotic Disorders, Parents, Siblings, and Controls

Overview

Journal J Clin Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2024 Oct 16

PMID 39408005

Authors

Josephien L Jansen

Jiasi Hao

Richard Bruggeman

Claudia J P Simons

Marieke van der Pluijm

Janneke Koerts

Lydia Krabbendam

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Abstract

. Psychotic disorders have a strong negative impact on people's lives, including their financial situation. This study aimed to examine differences in unmet financial needs between people with psychotic disorders, parents, siblings, and controls. Secondly, we aimed to examine whether family clustering contributes to unmet financial needs. Lastly, we aimed to examine to what extent demographic, economic, psychiatric, functional, and cognitive characteristics and substance use predict unmet financial needs in people with psychosis. Data from the first assessment of people with psychosis ( = 956), siblings ( = 889), parents ( = 858), and controls ( = 496) included in the Genetic Risk and Outcome of Psychosis study were used. Group differences were assessed with Kruskal-Wallis tests (aim 1), while a mixed-effects logistic regression analysis and explorative and confirmative ordinal logistic regression analyses were conducted for aims 2 and 3, respectively. Twenty-four percent of people with psychotic disorders reported unmet financial needs. These levels of unmet financial needs were significantly higher than levels for siblings, parents, and controls. We found a negligible influence of (direct) familial clustering on unmet financial needs. Lastly, cannabis and tobacco use significantly and consistently predicted higher levels of unmet financial needs of people with psychosis. Relatively high levels of unmet financial needs occurred in a heterogeneous group of people with psychosis, especially when people used cannabis or tobacco. Unmet financial needs can have detrimental consequences for mental health, stigmatization, leisure time activities, and social engagement. Thus, it is pivotal to recognize unmet financial needs, especially combined with substance use, as a crucial stressor for people with psychosis.

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