PMID- 17333950
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070502
LR  - 20170214
IS  - 0020-7640 (Print)
IS  - 0020-7640 (Linking)
VI  - 53
IP  - 1
DP  - 2007 Jan
TI  - Relationships between social functioning and quality of life in a population of 
      Dutch adult psychiatric outpatients.
PG  - 36-47
AB  - BACKGROUND: The relationship between social functioning and QOL in psychiatric 
      patients has not been explicitly investigated before. AIMS: To investigate the 
      relationship between social functioning and QOL in a population of psychiatric 
      outpatients (N = 410) with a broad spectrum of psychiatric disorders. METHOD: 
      Social functioning was assessed with the Groningen Social Behavior 
      Questionnaire-100 (GSBQ-100) and the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) 
      scale. QOL was measured with the WHO Quality of Life Assessment Instrument 
      (WHOQOL-100). RESULTS: The study population experienced a wide range of problems 
      concerning all aspects of social functioning. The numbers of problems were 
      significantly higher compared with healthy controls and (partly) also compared 
      with a norm group of psychiatric outpatients. Almost all scales of the GSBQ-100 
      were negatively correlated with all QOL aspects, whereas the GAF score correlated 
      positively with all QOL aspects. In general, participants with problems on 
      aspects of social functioning had lower QOL scores than those without such 
      problems, even after a correction for the presence of psychopathology according 
      to DSM-IV classification. CONCLUSION: In addition to the presence of 
      psychopathology, social functioning is significantly related to QOL. Therefore, 
      it should be considered more systematically in psychiatric assessment, treatment 
      and program evaluation.
FAU - Trompenaars, F J
AU  - Trompenaars FJ
AD  - Forensisch Psychiatrische Dienst, Ministerie van Justitie, 's-Hertogenbosch, The 
      Netherlands. fons@trompenaars-smits.nl
FAU - Masthoff, E D
AU  - Masthoff ED
FAU - Van Heck, G L
AU  - Van Heck GL
FAU - De Vries, J
AU  - De Vries J
FAU - Hodiamont, P P
AU  - Hodiamont PP
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Soc Psychiatry
JT  - The International journal of social psychiatry
JID - 0374726
SB  - IM
MH  - Activities of Daily Living/psychology
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Community Mental Health Services
MH  - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Disorders/diagnosis/*psychology/therapy
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Netherlands
MH  - Personality Assessment
MH  - Personality Inventory
MH  - Quality of Life/*psychology
MH  - Role
MH  - Self Care/psychology
MH  - *Social Adjustment
MH  - Social Behavior
MH  - Social Environment
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2007/03/06 09:00
MHDA- 2007/05/03 09:00
CRDT- 2007/03/06 09:00
PHST- 2007/03/06 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/05/03 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/03/06 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/0020764006074281 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2007 Jan;53(1):36-47. doi: 10.1177/0020764006074281.