Quality of life and clinical characteristics in a nonselected sample of patients with schizophrenia

Medici, Clara Reece; Vestergaard, Claus Høstrup; Hjorth, Peter; Hansen, Mogens Herman; Shanmuganathan, Jan Walter Dhillon; Viuff, Anne Grethe; Munk‐Jørgensen, Povl

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“…Patients showed lower scores than healthy controls, consistent with several studies that have shown a poor QOL in psychotic patients compared with healthy groups. In our study, except for the environmental domain, all other domains had significantly different scores between patients and family caregivers in different settings [26–28]. Psychotic patients had evidently worse physical functions than family caregivers, because this domain includes questions associated with pain, sleep and energy.…”

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Qualities of Life of Patients with Psychotic Disorders and Their Family Caregivers: Comparison between Hospitalised and Community-Based Treatment in Beijing, China

Guan

Xiang

et al. 2016

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BackgroundCommunity healthcare in mainland China is still at an early stage. The qualities of life (QOLs) of patients with psychotic disorders undergoing rehabilitation in hospitals or in the community, as well as those of their caregivers, may differ from each other.ObjectivesThe study was performed to evaluate the QOL of patients with psychotic disorders and assess the differences in the QOLs between patients receiving care in diverse settings (hospital vs. the community).MethodsThis study was a descriptive study, in which all cases were collected from two psychiatric hospitals and five communities. Patients (n = 43) and caregivers (n = 40) in the psychiatric hospitals were grouped according to the length of illness and areas of residence and these criteria were also used to group patients (n = 55) and caregivers (n = 59) in the community. All participants were assessed using the WHOQOL-BREF (Chinese version). ANOVA was adopted to compare the QOL scores among the four groups (cases and caregivers in two settings), while confounding factors, such as age and marital status, were adjusted.ResultsAmong the four groups of participants, namely, hospitalised and community patients and their corresponding caregivers, community samples had a significantly lower QOL score. The QOL score for the social relationships domain of the hospitalised patients’ caregivers was significantly higher than that of the caregivers of community patients (P = 0.019).ConclusionCommunity patients and their caregivers tend to have lower QOL scores than their hospitalised counterparts. The support of family members is urgently needed to provide better care for patients.

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confidence: 78%

Qualities of Life of Patients with Psychotic Disorders and Their Family Caregivers: Comparison between Hospitalised and Community-Based Treatment in Beijing, China

Guan

Xiang

et al. 2016

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“…Quality of life is associated with a person's perception of their well-being, health and satisfaction with their circumstances in life, including access to available resources and opportunities (1) . In this sense, when comparing the quality of life of three groups (people without psychopathologies, people with common mental disorders and people with severe mental disorders), the results showed that the quality of life of people with severe mental disorders is significantly lower in relation to the two other groups, as well as their general living conditions (such as employment and social networks) (2) .…”

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“…In this sense, when comparing the quality of life of three groups (people without psychopathologies, people with common mental disorders and people with severe mental disorders), the results showed that the quality of life of people with severe mental disorders is significantly lower in relation to the two other groups, as well as their general living conditions (such as employment and social networks) (2) . Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder (3) and as such, quality of life is significantly low in people suffering from it (1,4) . This disorder is considered as one of the main causes of disability among young adults (5) .…”

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Influence of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics on the quality of life of patients with schizophrenia

Pinho

Pereira

Chaves

2017

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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Objective: Evaluating the quality of life of Portuguese patients with schizophrenia and linking it to sociodemographic and clinical aspects. Method: A quantitative crosssectional study carried out with individuals affected by schizophrenia, living in the entire continental territory of Portugal, through application of a sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire and the Quality of Life Scale short version (QLS 7 PT). Parametric and non-parametric tests were performed to evaluate the correlation between variables. Results: The sample consisted of 282 participants. The results point to a better quality of life for individuals living in autonomous residences or with their parents, who are employed/students, who have had the disorder for less time and are younger, who have completed the 12 th grade of schooling and who are not medicated with first-generation neuroleptics. Conclusion: The results indicate that some sociodemographic and clinical characteristics influence the quality of life of patients with schizophrenia and should be considered in the patient evaluation and in planning appropriate and effective strategies for their psychosocial rehabilitation. DESCRIPTORS

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“…Quality of life (QoL) can be significantly lower for people with mental illness than for other illnesses [4,5], yet it is highly responsive to intervention, making it a viable treatment target [5][6][7]. QoL assessment and intervention has been articulated as a way to improve treatment outcomes during mental health service provision for many years [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Progressive deterioration in subjectively evaluated quality of life has been found to correlate with increased suicide attempts [18,19].…”

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Development of a mental health recovery module for the WHOQOL

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Purpose The WHOQOL tools are widely used, multi-faceted, patient-rated, quality of life (QoL) measures, developed by the World Health Organisation. The WHOQOL questionnaires are used to assess generic quality of life issues affected by all health problems. This study developed a module to use with the WHOQOL tools to improve their sensitivity to HRQoL issues relevant to mental health recovery.Methods Using a sequential mixed-methods approach, two research stages occurred. A qualitative stage invited 88 participants with experience of mental health recovery into focus groups and importance rating activities to identify candidate items for the new module. Following this, a quantitative stage involved 667 participants with, and without, mental health/addiction issues completing online or paper-based questionnaires to analyse which candidate items differentiated between those with and without mental health/addiction issues. Classical test theory and iterative Partial Credit Rasch Analysis were used to identify the most suitable candidate items for a reliable and valid mental health recovery module to be used with the WHOQOL tools.

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Quality of life and clinical characteristics in a nonselected sample of patients with schizophrenia

Abstract: Patients experienced low QOL. Lower QOL was associated with high BMI, low ADD and smoking in first-ever diagnosed patients and with high BMI and short illness duration in long-term ill patients.

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Qualities of Life of Patients with Psychotic Disorders and Their Family Caregivers: Comparison between Hospitalised and Community-Based Treatment in Beijing, China

Qualities of Life of Patients with Psychotic Disorders and Their Family Caregivers: Comparison between Hospitalised and Community-Based Treatment in Beijing, China

Influence of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics on the quality of life of patients with schizophrenia

Development of a mental health recovery module for the WHOQOL

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