Quality of life, social support, and severity of psychiatric symptoms in Jordanian patients with schizophrenia

Introduction: Few studies on quality of life (QoL) in the mentally ill population of South Africa have been conducted, but none in community-dwelling individuals. This study examined the QoL of psychiatric patients at community mental health clinics in Gauteng province of South Africa.Methods: A cross-sectional interview-based study was conducted on 121 adult patients attending community psychiatric clinics. To reduce the impact of acute psychiatric symptoms on subjective QoL, only clinically stable patients were included. Instruments used included the World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF domains (i.e. physical health, psychological health, social relationships and environment), the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) for severity of illness and a socio-demographic and clinical questionnaire.Results: Just under half of the sample rated their overall QoL as good or very good. The strongest predictor of a poor QoL in all four domains was residual psychiatric symptomatology. The most severe BPRS scores were for the symptoms of depression, anxiety and somatic concern. Perceived social support significantly predicted a better QoL in the psychological, social relationships and environmental domains.Conclusion: This study highlights the negative impact of residual psychiatric symptoms on subjective QoL, and the importance of social support and enhancing QoL. If better QoL is the goal of care, then our findings highlight the importance of managing residual symptoms and promoting social support.

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643 – Quality of life, social support, and severity of psychiatric symptoms in jordanain patients with schizophrenis

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/s0924-9338(13)75894-2 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 28 ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

S.H. Hamaideh

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Social Support ◽

Psychiatric Symptoms

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Influence of clinical and psychological variables on coping strategies and quality of life of cancer patients: NEOCOPING study.

Journal of Clinical Oncology ◽

10.1200/jco.2016.34.3_suppl.205 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 34 (3_suppl) ◽

pp. 205-205

Author(s):

David Rodriguez Rubi ◽

Caterina Calderon ◽

Carmen Beato ◽

Teresa Garcia ◽

Avinash Ramchandani ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Social Support ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Psychiatric Symptoms ◽

Well Being ◽

Brief Symptom Inventory ◽

Psychological Variables ◽

Multicenter Observational Study ◽

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205 Background: NEOCOPING study analyzes the influence of clinicopathological, personal and social variables on coping strategies and quality of life (QoL) in patients with resected tumors at the time of starting adjuvant chemotherapy. Methods: NEOCOPING is a prospective, multicenter, observational study that involves 19 centers and 34 researchers. Applied main questionnaires were: Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer (MAC), EORTC QLQ-C30, Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-18), Shared Decision Making Questionnaire (SDM-Q) patient and doctor, and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). Results: Table summarizes the characteristics of the first 71 patients enrolled. The most used coping strategies were fighting spirit (X=75.8, SD=25.9) and avoidance (X=64.6, SD=25); most patients were found to have good QoL (X=76.5, SD=16.6). Most did not have psychiatric symptoms, and were pleased with family and social support perceived. Patients were very satisfied with the information received (X=83, SD=19.9), and shared opinions with the doctor (X=90, SD=22.9). QoL was significantly negatively correlated with depression (r=-.688, r=.0001), anxiety (r=.-655, p=.0001), somatization (r=-.638, p=.0001) and hopelessness (r =-.287, p =.033). Depression and somatization predicted 54.8% of the QoL of this sample (F=23,636, p=.0001). Conclusions: Even though patients have a good QoL, adaptative coping strategies and no noticeable psychopathological symptoms at baseline, these symptoms may influence the well-being perception and modulate personal adaptations to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer at a curable stage. [Table: see text]

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Predictors of quality of life among community psychiatric patients in a peri-urban district of Gauteng Province, South Africa

International Journal of Social Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/0020764019842291 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 65 (4) ◽

pp. 322-332

Author(s):

Dumakazi Mapatwana ◽

Andrew Tomita ◽

Jonathan K Burns ◽

Lesley J Robertson

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Social Support ◽

South Africa ◽

Psychiatric Symptoms ◽

Psychiatric Patients ◽

Community Dwelling ◽

World Health ◽

Gauteng Province ◽

Community Psychiatric

Background: Few studies on quality of life (QoL) among people with mental illness have been conducted in South Africa, and none in community dwelling individuals. However, a greater understanding of subjective QoL may inform community-based medical, psychotherapeutic, or social interventions. This study examined the QoL, clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of psychiatric patients attending community mental health clinics in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. Methods: A cross sectional interview-based study was conducted with 121 adult patients attending community psychiatric clinics. To reduce the impact of acute psychiatric symptoms on subjective QoL, only clinically stable patients were included. Sociodemographic details and clinical characteristics were recorded. Subjective QoL was assessed using the World Health Organization QOL-Bref scale (WHOQOL-Bref), and severity of psychiatric illness measured with the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, expanded version 4.0 (BPRS-E). Results: Just over half of the sample rated their overall QoL as good or very good. Residual psychiatric symptomatology was the strongest predictor of a poor QoL in all four domains of the WHOQOL-Bref. The most severe BPRS scores were for the symptoms of depression, anxiety and somatic concern. Perceived social support significantly predicted a better QoL in the psychological, social relationships and environmental domains. Conclusion: This study highlights the negative impact of residual psychiatric symptoms on subjective QoL and the importance of social support in enhancing QoL.

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Differences in quality of life between groups of patients with schizophrenia

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/s0924-9338(11)73154-6 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 26 (S2) ◽

pp. 1449-1449

Author(s):

L. Mas-Expósito ◽

J. Gómez-Benito ◽

J.A. Amador-Campos ◽

L. Lalucat-Jo ◽

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Social Support ◽

Social Services ◽

Psychiatric Symptoms ◽

International Classification Of Diseases ◽

Sample Population ◽

Care Needs ◽

Classification Of Diseases ◽

Use Of Services

IntroductionStudies about Quality of Life (QOL) in schizophrenia usually involve the validation of questionnaires, the effects of treatments or its association with relevant variables but, so far, the literature about differences in QOL between groups of patients with schizophrenia is scarce.Objectives and aimsThis work aims to show differences in QOL between groups of patients with schizophrenia defined according to socio-demographic, clinical, psychosocial and use of services variables.MethodThe sample comprised 241 patients that meet the following inclusion criteria: 1) International Classification of Diseases-10 diagnosis of schizophrenia, 2) Global Assessment Functioning scores or GAF ≤ 50 and 3) Illness duration greater than 2 years. Patients were evaluated regarding socio-demographic, clinical, psychosocial and use of service variables. T-tests and analysis of variance tests were used.ResultsThere were no differences in QOL between groups of patients with schizophrenia established according to socio-demographic variables. There were significant differences in QOL between groups of patients with schizophrenia defined according to clinical, psychosocial and use of service variables. Patients with schizophrenia who were anxious, disabled, lacked social support and used more social services showed poorer levels of QOL.ConclusionsOur results are consistent with previous studies that support that, in patients with schizophrenia, the association between socio-demographic characteristics and QOL cannot be considered significant and that QOL is associated with disability, social support, psychiatric symptoms and care needs. This work highlight differences between groups of patients with schizophrenia, which may be a useful information to tailor interventions to this sample population.

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