PMID- 28274026
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240328
IS  - 2249-782X (Print)
IS  - 0973-709X (Electronic)
IS  - 0973-709X (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 1
DP  - 2017 Jan
TI  - Symptomatic Remission in Schizophrenia and its Relationship with Functional 
      Outcome Measures in Indian Population.
PG  - VC05-VC07
LID - 10.7860/JCDR/2017/22320.9242 [doi]
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder with disabling symptoms 
      and variable outcome. Outcome is a multidimensional construct that depends on 
      description of clinical and social domains. Symptomatic remission is one such 
      clinical domain which can determine the outcome of illness. AIM: The study aimed 
      to assess functional outcome in symptomatic remitted schizophrenia patients 
      compared to unremitted patients in Indian population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This 
      cross-sectional observational study was conducted at the Institute of Mental 
      Health, Chennai, India. Remitted (symptom free in preceding six months) and 
      unremitted patients were assessed by Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS), 
      Personal and Social Performance (PSP) scale, World Health Organization-Quality of 
      Life BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) and Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). There were 30 
      patients in each group. All statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 20.0 
      statistical software. RESULTS: Patients in symptomatic remission were found to 
      have better quality of life in personal, environmental and social domains 
      (p<0.01). Their personal and social performance is significantly better in 
      remission group. The overall functioning was assessed by GAF, was better in 
      patients with symptomatic remission (p<0.001). CONCLUSION: Symptomatic remission 
      may be a good indicator of better clinical status, personal and social 
      functioning and quality of life.
FAU - Madhivanan, Selvaraj
AU  - Madhivanan S
AD  - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Saveetha Medical College , 
      Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India .
FAU - Jayaraman, Komal
AU  - Jayaraman K
AD  - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, ACS Medical College , Chennai, 
      Tamil Nadu, India .
FAU - Daniel, Sharon Joe
AU  - Daniel SJ
AD  - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Madras Medical College , Chennai, 
      Tamil Nadu, India .
FAU - Ramasamy, Jeyaprakash
AU  - Ramasamy J
AD  - Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Madras Medical College , Chennai, Tamil 
      Nadu, India .
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170101
PL  - India
TA  - J Clin Diagn Res
JT  - Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR
JID - 101488993
PMC - PMC5324471
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Mental health
OT  - Quality of life
OT  - Social functioning
EDAT- 2017/03/10 06:00
MHDA- 2017/03/10 06:01
PMCR- 2017/01/01
CRDT- 2017/03/10 06:00
PHST- 2016/08/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/11/16 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/03/10 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/03/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/03/10 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.7860/JCDR/2017/22320.9242 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Clin Diagn Res. 2017 Jan;11(1):VC05-VC07. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/22320.9242. 
      Epub 2017 Jan 1.