PMID- 23294596
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130628
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1471-244X (Electronic)
IS  - 1471-244X (Linking)
VI  - 13
DP  - 2013 Jan 7
TI  - The influence of Antonovsky's sense of coherence (SOC) and psychoeducational 
      family intervention (PEFI) on schizophrenic outpatients' perceived quality of 
      life: a longitudinal field study.
PG  - 10
LID - 10.1186/1471-244X-13-10 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Antonovsky's sense of coherence (SOC) as well as psychoeducational 
      interventions has a convincing impact on the quality of life (QOL) of patients 
      suffering from schizophrenia. This study explores the influence of SOC on QOL 
      among participants of a PEFI group (PG) compared to a control group (CG). 
      METHODS: In a quasi-experimental field study 46 schizophrenic outpatients had an 
      option to participate together with their family members the PG (n = 25) or the 
      CG (n = 21). They were assessed amongst others with the Quality of Life 
      Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF), the Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF), 
      the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and the Sense of Coherence Scale 
      (SOC-29). The efficacy of the PG on QOL was compared to the CG within two 
      different SOC levels. RESULTS: Before intervention patients with high SOC scores 
      had significant higher levels in GAF and QOL and a trend of lower PANSS scores. 
      The strongest relationship was found between SOC and QOL. Regarding the SOC level 
      after intervention PG participants had higher QOL values than the CG within the 
      last three measurements. The highest benefit due to QOL was observed within PG 
      participants with high SOC scores. CONCLUSIONS: The results of the study suggest 
      that SOC is a good predictive variable for clinical outcomes including QOL. 
      Generally, the influence of the SOC level on QOL was stronger than the effect of 
      PEFI. Hence schizophrenic patients with high SOC scores did benefit most from 
      participating in a PG regarding their QOL. To optimize the effect of PEFI more 
      efforts are needed to enhance the SOC of the participants. Altogether PEFI seems 
      to be an important completion to the standard treatment for schizophrenic 
      outpatients.
FAU - Gassmann, Walter
AU  - Gassmann W
AD  - Vitos Philippshospital, Philippsanlage 101, Riedstadt 64560, Germany.
FAU - Christ, Oliver
AU  - Christ O
FAU - Lampert, Jana
AU  - Lampert J
FAU - Berger, Hartmut
AU  - Berger H
LA  - eng
PT  - Clinical Trial
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20130107
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Psychiatry
JT  - BMC psychiatry
JID - 100968559
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Family Therapy
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Longitudinal Studies
MH  - Male
MH  - Pilot Projects
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - Psychological Tests
MH  - Quality of Life/*psychology
MH  - Schizophrenia/therapy
MH  - *Schizophrenic Psychology
MH  - *Sense of Coherence
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
PMC - PMC3546947
EDAT- 2013/01/09 06:00
MHDA- 2013/07/03 06:00
PMCR- 2013/01/07
CRDT- 2013/01/09 06:00
PHST- 2012/02/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/12/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/01/09 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/01/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/07/03 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2013/01/07 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1471-244X-13-10 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1471-244X-13-10 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Psychiatry. 2013 Jan 7;13:10. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-10.