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

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

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  

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  • Clara R Medici & Claus H Vestergaard & Peter Hjorth & Mette V Hansen & Jan WD Shanmuganathan & Anne G Viuff & Povl Munk-Jørgensen, 2016. "Quality of life and clinical characteristics in a nonselected sample of patients with schizophrenia," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 62(1), pages 12-20, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:62:y:2016:i:1:p:12-20
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764015585330
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