Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between self-perceived usefulness and personal recovery among
persons with schizophrenia living in the community. METHOD: A self-administered questionnaire was administered
to persons with schizophrenia belonging to 17 facilities. The relationships among personal attributes, self-perceived usefulness, and the Japanese version of the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI) scale with the Japanese version of the Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS) were analyzed by the chi-square test and logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: According to the chi-square test, differences in “use of home-visit nursing services,” “use of daycare services,” “frequency of hospitalization in psychiatric hospitals,” six items in “self-perceived usefulness,” and four items in “self-stigma” were significant. According to the multivariate analysis, differences in six items in “self-perceived usefulness (I feel than I am trusted.)” and “use of home-visit nursing services” were significant. DISCUSSION: Self-perceived usefulness was found to be a factor that enhances personal recovery. These results suggest that supporters’ engagement in enhancing self-perceived usefulness in interpersonal relationships leads to improvement in the personal recovery of persons with schizophrenia living in the community.
