Authors: Dhian Ika Prihananto1, Suharyo Hadisaputro2, M. Sakundarno Adi3, Suhartono4, Antono Suryoputro5
1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, University of Nusantara PGRI Kediri, Indonesia
2,3,4&5Department of Epidemiology, Postgraduate School, University of Diponegoro, Indonesia
Abstract
Schizophrenia is a clinical syndrome of various psychological conditions which are really disturbing, involving the process of thought, emotion, perception, and behavior with the incident on male which is greater rather than female. Early-age marriage is a marriage that is done by teenagers who are under 20 years old and who have not been ready for doing a marriage. Meanwhile, matrimony is a marriage that is managed by parents or close relatives for the couple and usually it is done by female. However, this research aimed at knowing the correlation between sociocultural factor of marriage or matrimony and the occurrence of schizophrenia under 25 years age. This research was mix method research by using case-control design. The population of this research was the sufferer and family of schizophrenia under 25 years age in Kepil Sub-district, Wonosobo district, Central Java Province, Indonesia. The sample of this research was consisted of 55 cases and the 55 control which were taken in consecutive sampling. The instrument of this research was interview in questionnaire. The data analysis was conducted in univariate, bivariate (chi-square). Moreover, the result of this research showed that respondents who had early-age marriage or matrimony in case group was in 47,3%, meanwhile, in control group was in 20%. The result of bivariate (chi-square) test was obtained p value =0,005 OR=3,586 95%CI=1,538 – 8,326. However, the conclusion of this research was there was a correlation between sociocultural factor of early-age marriage or matrimony and the occurrence of schizophrenia under 25 years age. The respondents who had early-age marriage or matrimony had risk of 3,6 times greater rather than the respondents who did not have early-age marriage or matrimony.
Key words: Sociocultural, Early-age marriage or matrimony, Schizophrenia
