PMID- 11939963 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20020530 LR - 20190815 IS - 0001-690X (Print) IS - 0001-690X (Linking) VI - 105 IP - 2 DP - 2002 Feb TI - Determinants of subjective quality of life in patients attending community-based mental health services. The South-Verona Outcome Project 5. PG - 131-40 AB - OBJECTIVE: Investigate the relationship of various domains of quality of life (QoL) with socio-demographics, clinical and social characteristics, service use and satisfaction in a representative sample of patients in contact with the South-Verona community mental health service. METHOD: Measures included: Lancashire Quality of Life Profile (LQOLP), demographics, diagnosis and service utilization data from the Case Register, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), Disability Assessment Schedule (DAS), Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) and Verona Service Satisfaction Scale (VSSS). Analyses were conducted using a block-stratified multiple regression model. RESULTS: Demographics, diagnosis, psychopathology, disability, functioning and service use together explained different amounts of variance in each LQOLP domain, but always less than 14%. VSSS explained more variance than any other indicator in health (13.1%), social relations (12.1%), leisure/participation (9.1%), and general wellbeing (9.0%). CONCLUSION: Different domains of QoL are predicted by different indicators. In some important domains, self-perceived satisfactory and effective care might have an impact on the QoL of patients. FAU - Ruggeri, M AU - Ruggeri M AD - Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Italia. mirella.ruggeri@univr.it FAU - Gater, R AU - Gater R FAU - Bisoffi, G AU - Bisoffi G FAU - Barbui, C AU - Barbui C FAU - Tansella, M AU - Tansella M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Acta Psychiatr Scand JT - Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica JID - 0370364 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - *Community Mental Health Services MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Italy MH - Longitudinal Studies MH - Male MH - Mental Disorders/*psychology MH - Middle Aged MH - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales MH - Quality of Life/*psychology MH - Treatment Outcome EDAT- 2002/04/10 10:00 MHDA- 2002/05/31 10:01 CRDT- 2002/04/10 10:00 PHST- 2002/04/10 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/05/31 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2002/04/10 10:00 [entrez] AID - 1293 [pii] AID - 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2002.01293.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2002 Feb;105(2):131-40. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2002.01293.x.