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Quality of Life in Schizophrenia: What is Important for Persons with Schizophrenia in India?
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- Experiences in Accessing Treatment Among Females with Schizophrenia: A Qualitative Study from Turkey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Care burden among Iranian family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia: the predictive role of quality of life and life satisfaction.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Evaluation of quality of life in patients with schizophrenia: An inpatient social welfare institution-based cross-sectional study.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2024Article
- Quality of life and its influencing factors in patients with schizophrenia.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2023Article
- Hearing-related quality of life in children and adolescents in rural Alaska.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2023Article
- Reasonable Accommodation at the Workplace for Professionals with Severe Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study of Needs.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2020Article
- Caregivers' Perspectives on Reasonable Accommodation for Persons with Severe Mental Disorders at the Workplace.Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicineArticle
- Hermeneutic Phenomenological Approach to the Experiences of the Individuals Living with Schizophrenia: A Qualitative Study.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundQuality of life (QOL) is a multidimensional construct and is increasingly recognized as an important outcome measure. Schizophrenia runs a chronic course and is a disabling mental disorder. Assessment of QOL using currently available scales for schizophrenia may not be culturally relevant.
methodsIn phase one, patients with schizophrenia using psychiatric rehabilitation services, caregivers, and mental health professionals were interviewed qualitatively to identify factors that are important for QOL of patients. In phase two, 40 patients with schizophrenia were recruited consecutively from the outpatient department and asked to rate the importance/relevance of the above items for QOL on a Likert scale.
resultsThemes that emerged were work, family's understanding about illness, stigma, financial issues, social life, social standing, religion and spirituality, medications, physical health, mental health and symptoms, recreation and leisure, and independent living. Work and family's understanding of illness were considered as moderately or very important by all patients in phase two.
conclusionsWork is very important for all patients with schizophrenia for their QOL. The themes derived from this study could guide the development of a scale for QOL that is relevant to the Indian context.
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