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Association of order of birth with Schizophrenia
Moin Ahmed Ansari1, Raza-ur-Rahman2,
Aftab Ahmed Siddiqui3, Syed Zafar Haider Zaidi4ABSTRACT
Objectives: To asses the association between Birth Order and Schizophrenia in relation to other demographic factors
Methodology: A cross sectional study was done and data of twelve hundred and eight patients were evaluated and managed in the psychiatric department of Isra University Hospital, Hyderabad. Eighty two Schizophrenics were compared with the rest of the psychiatric population with reference to gender, catchment area, and family type.
Results: Statistically no significant difference was found between any of the birth order for the risk of Schizophrenia. Risk of Schizophrenia appears to be minimum in first born males, and maximum in first born females, but this does not reach statistical significance. Risk apparently seems to decrease as birth order goes down among urban setting; and decrease as birth order goes up; but again this finding does not reach the level of statistical significance.
Conclusion: There appears to be no association between any birth order and risk of Schizophrenia, in our studied population.
KEY WORDS:
Birth order, Schizophrenia, Psychiatric Illnesses.Pak J Med Sci January - March 2010 Vol. 26 No. 1 49-53
How to cite this article:
Ansari MA, Rahman R, Siddiqui AA, Zaidi SZH. Association of Order of Birth with Schizophrenia. Pak J Med Sci 2010;26(1):49-53
1. Dr. Moin Ahmed Ansari
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Psychiatry,
Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences,
Jamshoro, Hyderabad.
2. Dr. Raza-ur-Rahman
Assistant Professor Psychiatry,
Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi
3. Dr. Aftab Ahmed Siddiqui
Consultant Physician,
Sultan Qaboos University, Masqat
4. Dr. Zafar Hyder Zaidi,
Assistant Professor Psychiatry,
Jinnah Post-graduarte Medical Centre, Karachi
Correspondence:
Dr. Moin Ahmed Ansari
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Psychiatry,
Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences,
At Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Institute of Psychiatry Hyderabad,
Sindh, Pakistan.
E mail: dr_moinansari@hotmail.com
* Received for Publication: April 6, 2009
* Revision Received: October 9, 2009
* Revision Accepted: December 9, 2009
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