PMID- 10572355
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20000421
LR  - 20200109
IS  - 0924-9338 (Print)
IS  - 0924-9338 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 5
DP  - 1999 Sep
TI  - Subjective quality of life in schizophrenic patients living in the community. 
      Relationship to clinical and social characteristics.
PG  - 256-63
AB  - 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.
FAU - Bengtsson-Tops, A
AU  - Bengtsson-Tops A
AD  - Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychiatry, University Hospital, 
      221 85 Lund, Sweden.
FAU - Hansson, L
AU  - Hansson L
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Eur Psychiatry
JT  - European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists
JID - 9111820
SB  - IM
MH  - Ambulatory Care
MH  - Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
MH  - *Community Mental Health Services
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Personal Satisfaction
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Schizophrenia/*diagnosis
MH  - Schizophrenic Psychology
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Sweden
EDAT- 1999/11/26 09:00
MHDA- 2000/04/29 09:00
CRDT- 1999/11/26 09:00
PHST- 1999/11/26 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2000/04/29 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 1999/11/26 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0924-9338(99)00173-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0924-9338(99)00173-x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eur Psychiatry. 1999 Sep;14(5):256-63. doi: 10.1016/s0924-9338(99)00173-x.