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Subjective quality of life in schizophrenic patients living in the community. Relationship to clinical and social characteristics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

A. Bengtsson-Tops  and
L. Hansson
A. Bengtsson-Tops
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychiatry, University Hospital, 221 85Lund, Sweden
L. Hansson
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychiatry, University Hospital, 221 85Lund, Sweden
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Summary

The aims of this study were to assess the quality of life among 120 schizophrenic patients who were attending a psychiatric outpatient department and to investigate which socio-demographic and clinical factors influenced their subjective quality of life. Quality of life was assessed by the Lanchashire quality of life profile, social functioning was judged according to the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale, and psychopathology was rated by means of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS). Both objective and subjective life conditions indicated an impaired quality of life for the patients. The areas of finance and work had the largest proportion of dissatisfied patients. Socio-demographic indicators showed to have a weak influence on the patient's self-assessed quality of life while clinical factors, such as psychopathology, strongly influenced the patient's life satisfaction. It is concluded that there is a need for further emphasise on the clinical, financial, and social interventions for this group of patients.

Keywords

clinical factorscommunity carequality of lifeschizophrenic patientssocio-demographic factors
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Original article
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European Psychiatry , Volume 14 , Issue 5 , September 1999 , pp. 256 - 263
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Copyright © 1999 Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS.

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