PMID- 24930550
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140617
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 1365-1501 (Print)
IS  - 1365-1501 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 4
DP  - 2004
TI  - Psychosocial skills training on social functioning and quality of life in the 
      treatment of schizophrenia: a controlled study in Turkey.
PG  - 219-25
LID - 10.1080/13651500410005595 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE This study assessed the impact of a psychosocial skills training 
      program, consisting of psychoeducation, interpersonal group therapy and family 
      education incorporated into social skills training, as an integrative approach on 
      social functioning and quality of life of patients with schizophrenia, in 
      comparison to standard care for an 8-month period. METHOD Thirty patients with 
      DSM-IV schizophrenia were included in the study. Patients were assessed using the 
      Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), Quality of Life Scale (QLS), Social 
      Functioning Scale (SFS), and Global Assessment of Function (GAF) at baseline. 
      Fifteen patients underwent an 8-month psychosocial skills training group program 
      and another fifteen patients (waiting list) continued in standard care. Both 
      groups were reassessed and analyzed at the end of the study. RESULTS Two groups 
      were not statistically different in terms of total PANSS, QLS, SFS, GAF scores, 
      and demographic characteristics at baseline. However, there was a significant 
      improvement in the mean total QLS, SFS, GAF, and even in total PANSS scores 
      (respectively from 64.46+/-19.58 to 89.67+/-24.10, P<0.001, from 93.20+/-22.85 to 
      132.60+/-33.85, P<0.002, from 57.40+/-8.78 to 63.86+/-7.57, P<0.012, and from 
      63.53+/-14.48 to 53.33+/-15.71, P<0.029) for those who underwent the PSST program, 
      but there was no statistically significant change for those on standard care at 
      the end of the study. CONCLUSION This study highlights the 'social functioning' 
      and 'quality of life' benefits of the psychosocial skills training program for 
      patients with schizophrenia. It can be concluded that this comprehensive 
      psychosocial skills training program might be an important contribution to the 
      functioning of the patients.
FAU - Yildiz, Mustafa
AU  - Yildiz M
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Kocaeli University School of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey.
FAU - Veznedaroglu, Baybars
AU  - Veznedaroglu B
FAU - Eryavuz, Ayse
AU  - Eryavuz A
FAU - Kayahan, Bulent
AU  - Kayahan B
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract
JT  - International journal of psychiatry in clinical practice
JID - 9709509
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - group therapy
OT  - psychoeducation
OT  - psychosocial rehabilitation
OT  - quality of life
OT  - schizophrenia
OT  - social functioning
OT  - social skills training
EDAT- 2004/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 2004/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 2014/06/17 06:00
PHST- 2014/06/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2004/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/01/01 00:01 [medline]
AID - 10.1080/13651500410005595 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract. 2004;8(4):219-25. doi: 10.1080/13651500410005595.