P0153 - Correlation of functioning and self feeling in schizophrenia

Abstract

Background:

In the treatment of patients with schizophrenia on of the most important goals is achieving a proper quality of life. It is interesting what is the relation between the self-feeling of the patients in terms of their psychopathological symptoms, and the quality of their lives.

Aims:

The purpose of our research was establishing the degree of satisfaction with their lives among patients suffering from schizophrenia. We have also analyzed correlation between the intensity of clinical symptoms and satisfaction with life.

Methods used:

Fifteen patients participated in our research, among them 8 were male and 7 were females, the age scope was from 22 to 63 years old and the average age was 40.

The patients were asked to fill in the Quality of Life Scale (Q Scale) . They filled in also the questionnaire of the Frankfurt Self-feeling Scale (FBS).

Results:

Correlation between intensity of clinical symptoms and life quality: The patients assessed the intensity of each of 36 clinical symptoms on the scale from 0 to 3.The results varied from 1 to 108 with the middle score of 80.The correlation degrees between intensity of clinical symptoms and general satisfaction with life were calculated for every symptom. Strong negative correlation was observed between satisfaction with life and: emotional withdrawal, lack of emotion, losing one's self control, lack of concentration, oversensitivity and apathy.

Conclusions:

It seems interesting that there is a strong correlation between satisfaction of life and those of the psychopathological symptoms, which are referred to as negative symptoms.