PMID- 28438236
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180426
LR  - 20180426
IS  - 1886-144X (Electronic)
IS  - 0214-9915 (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 2
DP  - 2017 May
TI  - Personal and macro-systemic factors as predictors of quality of life in chronic 
      schizophrenia.
PG  - 160-165
LID - 10.7334/psicothema2016.179 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: The goal of this research was to establish possible predictive 
      factors for both subjective and externally assessed quality of life in people 
      with chronic schizophrenia. METHODS: Sixty-eight people with schizophrenia took 
      part in the study and were assessed using the World Health Organisation Quality 
      of Life Assessment - Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF), the Quality of Life Scale 
      (QLS), the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for Schizophrenia (PANSS), the 
      Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF), the Social Functioning Scale (SFS) tests. 
      Correlations and multiple regression analysis were conducted to determine 
      possible predictors of quality of life. RESULTS: The residential environment 
      (rural/urban), diagnosis, age at onset of disorder, global functioning and social 
      functioning explained 68% of the total variance based on proxies’ 
      assessment quality of life. Living arrangements and social functioning emerged as 
      predictor variables for subjective quality of life, explaining a 47.3% of the 
      total variance. CONCLUSIONS: Socio-cultural factors, such as social integration 
      or the quality of interpersonal relationships, have more influence on these 
      peoples’ physical and psychological health than certain personal factors, 
      such as psychopathology. It is therefore advisable to pay attention to the 
      environment and macro-systemic variables when developing intervention plans to 
      improve their quality of life.
FAU - Fontanil-Gomez, Yolanda
AU  - Fontanil-Gomez Y
AD  - Universidad de Oviedo.
FAU - Alcedo Rodriguez, Maria A
AU  - Alcedo Rodriguez MA
FAU - Gutierrez Lopez, Maria I
AU  - Gutierrez Lopez MI
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Spain
TA  - Psicothema
JT  - Psicothema
JID - 101189384
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Chronic Disease
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Neuropsychological Tests
MH  - Prognosis
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - *Schizophrenia/diagnosis
MH  - Schizophrenic Psychology
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2017/04/26 06:00
MHDA- 2018/04/27 06:00
CRDT- 2017/04/26 06:00
PHST- 2017/04/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/04/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/04/27 06:00 [medline]
AID - 4377 [pii]
AID - 10.7334/psicothema2016.179 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Psicothema. 2017 May;29(2):160-165. doi: 10.7334/psicothema2016.179.