Assessment of quality of life with the WHOQOL‐BREF in a group of Turkish psychiatric patients compared with diabetic and healthy subjects

Abstract

Decreased quality of life is often an important cause or consequence of psychiatric illness, and needs to be included in a comprehensive treatment plan. The authors aimed to identify how psychiatric patients characterize the quality of their lives compared to others who are suffering from a chronic physical illness (diabetes) and healthy individuals. A total of 100 psychiatric patients were recruited from Dokuz Eylül University Psychiatry Department outpatient clinic. Of these, 34 had 4 th edition Diagnostic and Statistical Manual diagnosis of alcohol dependence, 38 had schizophrenia, and 28 had bipolar disorder. A total of 35 patients with diabetes and 49 healthy individuals were also included in the study. The World Health Organization's Quality of Life Questionnaire was used to measure the quality of life. Patients with alcohol dependence, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia scored lower than healthy subjects on the physical aspects of quality of life. Patients with schizophrenia had lower scores in the psychological domain compared to patients with bipolar disorder, patients with diabetes, and healthy subjects. In the social relationship domain, patients with schizophrenia and alcohol dependence scored lower compared to healthy subjects. Patients with schizophrenia were worse with respect to social relationships than bipolar patients and diabetics. World Health Organization's Quality of Life Questionnaire is useful for evaluating the needs and targets for interventions in psychiatric patients.

A percepção de qualidade de vida de pessoas portadoras de deficiência física pode ser influenciada pela prática de atividade física?

“…Em relação à qualidade de vida, os diversos trabalhos publicados até aos dias de hoje referiram-se às propriedades psicométricas do WHOQOL (13,(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22) , bem como à utilização do mesmo em amostras de pacientes psiquiátricos ou em estado de internação (23)(24)(25)(26)(27) e na população idosa (28)(29)(30) . O Brasil é um país onde parcela significativa da população (14,5%) é portadora de algum tipo de deficiência (31) .…”

Bipolar bozuklukta işleyiş ve yaşam kalitesi

“…In the social relationship domain, patients with schizophrenia and alcohol dependence scored lower compared to healthy subjects. Patients with schizophrenia were worse with respect to social relationships than patients with BD and diabetics (18).…”

Qualidade de vida e consumo de alcoólicos em hepatopatas do sexo masculino

“…O resultado encontrado no domínio físico do WHOQOL-Bref para o uso de alcoólicos ao longo da vida não só é esperável -se se considerar os efeitos do uso disfuncional dessa substância sobre a saúde física -, como também convergente com dados da literatura e com estudo empírico 1,[33][34][35] .…”