What is the relevance of quality of life assessment for patients with attention impairment?

Baumstarck, Karine; Klemina, Irina; Reuter, Françoise; Aghababian, V.; Loundou, Anderson; Pelletier, Jean; Auquier, Pascal

doi:10.1186/1477-7525-11-70

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“…The SQoL18 is a self-administered QoL questionnaire designed for people with schizophrenia and has been used extensively in Europe [ 6 , 17 , 18 ] and Latin America [ 19 ]. It is a multidimensional instrument that exclusively assesses the patient’s view of his or her current QoL.…”

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Caregiver’s quality of life and its positive impact on symptomatology and quality of life of patients with schizophrenia

Caqueo-Urízar

Alessandrini

Urzúa

et al. 2017

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BackgroundAlthough the quality of life (QoL) experienced by patients with schizophrenia has been recognized, few studies have assessed the relationship between the caregivers’ QoL and patients’ QoL.MethodsThe study included 253 stabilized outpatients with schizophrenia and their caregivers from 3 Mental Health Services in Bolivia (N = 83), Chile (N = 85) and Peru (N = 85). Caregivers’ and patients’ QoL were respectively assessed using two specific QoL questionnaires (S-CGQoL and S-QoL 18). We collected socio-demographic information and clinical data. Multiple linear regressions were performed to determine which variables were associated with patient’s QoL. We tested the following hypothesis using structural equation modeling (SEM): caregivers’ QoL may have an indirect effect on patients’ QoL mediated by their influence of the severity of psychotic symptoms.ResultsIn the multivariate analysis, the caregivers’ QoL was not significantly associated with the patients’ QoL, except for one QoL dimension about relationship with family (Beta = 0.23). Among patients’ characteristics, being a woman and Aymara, having lower educational level, unemployment and severity of symptoms was significantly associated to a lower QoL. The SEM revealed a moderate significant association between caregivers’ QoL and psychotic symptoms severity (path coefficient = −0.32) and a significant association between psychotic symptoms severity and patients QoL (path coefficient = −0.40). The indirect effect of caregivers’ QoL on patients’ QoL was significant (mediated effect coefficient = 0.13).ConclusionImprovement of caregiver’s QoL may have a direct impact on the psychotic symptoms of patients and indirectly on patient’s QoL, confirming the need for ongoing family interventions in these regions.

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Caregiver’s quality of life and its positive impact on symptomatology and quality of life of patients with schizophrenia

Caqueo-Urízar

Alessandrini

Urzúa

et al. 2017

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“…Schizophrenia Quality of Life Questionnaire (SQoL18) [34] The SQoL18 is a self-administered QoL questionnaire designed for people with schizophrenia and has been used extensively in Europe [35][36][37]. It is a multidimensional instrument that exclusively assesses the patient's view of his or her current QoL.…”

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Subjective perceptions of cognitive deficits and their influences on quality of life among patients with schizophrenia

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Patients' perceptions of their social cognitive function (but not neurocognitive functioning) have a significant impact on their QoL. Clinicians' ratings of patients' cognitive deficits were only weakly correlated with patients' subjective perceptions of their own neurocognitive, suggesting a mismatch between clinician and patient assessments of such deficits. Closer attention should therefore be paid toward patients' perception of their own deficits by clinicians in order to improve QoL.

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“…Several previous studies have employed similar approaches to define cognitive dysfunction using a single composite, such as memory [ 7 , 15 ], attention [ 16 ], and executive functions [ 17 , 46 ]. It should be acknowledged that a single test of cognitive functioning would never be entirely appropriate to define an impaired cognitive population.…”

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Quantification of relevance of quality of life assessment for patients with cognitive impairment: the suitability indices

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BackgroundThe extent to which MS patients with cognitive dysfunction can accurately self-report outcomes has been a crucial issue. The aim of this study was to quantify and compare the relevance of the quality of life (QoL) assessment between two populations with a high occurrence of cognitive dysfunction, specifically in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) and in individuals suffering from schizophrenia (SCZ).MethodsDesign: A cross-sectional study was performed using the following inclusion criteria: MS and SCZ patients were diagnosed according to the McDonald criteria and DSM-IV criteria, respectively. Data on sociodemographic (age, gender, education level) and clinical (disease severity, disease duration) factors, QoL (disease-specific questionnaires, MusiQoL and SQoL) and cognitive performance (executive, memory, and attention functions) were collected. Non-impaired and impaired populations were defined according to the French norms. Psychometric properties were compared to those reported in reference populations, which were assessed in the respective validation studies. Suitability indices were provided used to quantitatively compare how the structures in the different populations matched with the initial structure of the questionnaires (reference populations).ResultsOne hundred and twenty-four MS patients and 113 SCZ patients were enrolled. Factor analysis was performed on the impaired populations and revealed that the questionnaire structure adequately matched the initial structure of the disease-specific QoL questionnaires. All of the suitability indices of construct and external validity in the non-impaired populations ranged from 70 to 100%.ConclusionsOur study suggested that cognitive dysfunction did not compromise the reliability or validity of the self-reported QoL questionnaires among subjects with cognitive dysfunction, such as MS and SCZ. Thus, this report may clarify the relevance of using self-reported QoL assessments in clinical practice.

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What is the relevance of quality of life assessment for patients with attention impairment?

Cited by 8 publications

References 24 publications

Caregiver’s quality of life and its positive impact on symptomatology and quality of life of patients with schizophrenia

Caregiver’s quality of life and its positive impact on symptomatology and quality of life of patients with schizophrenia

Subjective perceptions of cognitive deficits and their influences on quality of life among patients with schizophrenia

Quantification of relevance of quality of life assessment for patients with cognitive impairment: the suitability indices

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