The European Schizophrenia Cohort

Abstract

The samples were largely similar in clinical terms. Thus, the social differences between the samples seem likely to be due more to the societal context and may reflect relatively benign situations in the continental locations of our study.

Healthcare resource use in schizophrenia, EuroSC findings

“…The data used in this publication were obtained from the EuroSC cohort – a naturalistic study of 1,208 schizophrenia patients aged 18–64 from France (N = 288), Germany (N = 618) and the UK (N = 302) [14]. The EuroSC study aimed to collect information on schizophrenia treatment and care, and investigate the relationship between disease management and clinical outcomes [14], quality of life [17], and other aspects of living with schizophrenia.…”

“…The EuroSC study aimed to collect information on schizophrenia treatment and care, and investigate the relationship between disease management and clinical outcomes [14], quality of life [17], and other aspects of living with schizophrenia. Patients were followed for a total of 2-years, and, during that time, data were collected at 6-monthly intervals when patients attended their five interview sessions – the first one at baseline and the following 4 every 6 months thereafter [14]. Three study centres were located in France, two in the UK and four in Germany [14], and the study included a representative sample of patients treated in secondary psychiatric services in each country.…”

“…Patients were followed for a total of 2-years, and, during that time, data were collected at 6-monthly intervals when patients attended their five interview sessions – the first one at baseline and the following 4 every 6 months thereafter [14]. Three study centres were located in France, two in the UK and four in Germany [14], and the study included a representative sample of patients treated in secondary psychiatric services in each country. Those who had been hospitalised for 12 months prior to enrolment, were roofless, or expected to move away from the area during the study period were excluded [14].…”

“…Three study centres were located in France, two in the UK and four in Germany [14], and the study included a representative sample of patients treated in secondary psychiatric services in each country. Those who had been hospitalised for 12 months prior to enrolment, were roofless, or expected to move away from the area during the study period were excluded [14]. All participants provided written informed consent [14].…”

“…This study aims to quantify healthcare resource use associated with different profiles of schizophrenia symptoms. We used the European Schizophrenia Cohort (EuroSC) – a naturalistic 2-year follow-up of a cohort of 1,208 European schizophrenia patients [14]. Indeed, the EuroSC cohort has been extensively used in past research, which focused on investigating treatment efficacy [15], patients’ quality of life [16–18], employment [19], social contact [20,21] and subjective feelings of security and safety [22], as well as assessing caregiver burden [23] and quantifying direct health care costs associated with managing the disease [24,25].…”