Quality of life and clinical characteristics in a nonselected sample of patients with schizophrenia

Clara R Medici, Claus H Vestergaard, Peter Hjorth, Mette V Hansen, Jan WD Shanmuganathan, Anne G Viuff and Povl Munk-Jørgensen

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2016, vol. 62, issue 1, 12-20

Abstract: Background: Patients with schizophrenia experience low quality of life (QOL). Aims: To examine QOL in these patients and the relation between QOL and illness duration, adjusted daily doses (ADDs) of antipsychotics, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and smoking. Methods: In this naturalistic, cross-sectional study, 82 patients were interviewed about smoking habits. Patients completed a QOL questionnaire (World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref) consisting of physical, psychological, social and environmental domains and had height, weight and waist circumference measured. The characteristics and QOL were correlated using multiple regression analysis. Results: QOL was significantly lower in the patients than in the general population ( p  

Keywords: Schizophrenia; quality of life; body mass index; smoking; antipsychotic agents; duration of illness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764015585330

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