scholarly journals A Study of Level of Depression, Anxiety and Life Satisfaction in Acute and Chronic Schizophrenia

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 47-53
Author(s):  
Ranjan Kumar ◽  
D. K. Kenswar
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Chronic Schizophrenia

Should antipsychotic medications for schizophrenia be given for a lifetime? Replication of a naturalistic, long-term, follow-up study of antipsychotic treatment

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 557-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ira D. Glick ◽  
Daisy Zamora ◽  
Danielle Kamis ◽  
John M. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Medication Adherence ◽  
Past History ◽  
Chronic Schizophrenia ◽  
Antipsychotic Treatment ◽  
Consecutive Series ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Long Term Treatment

ObjectiveBecause ethically and practically a randomized control trial of antipsychotics will never be done, we recently conducted and reported a 8- to 50-year, naturalistic follow-up from an academic clinic of patients with chronic schizophrenia on antipsychotic medication. We found that better medication adherence was a statistically significant predictor of better long-term global outcome and life satisfaction. Because there were important limitations on our findings, we now in this communication, using similar methodology, detail outcomes for a very different sample—inner city patients with chronic schizophrenia with a long past history of antipsychotic treatment, who were enrolled in clinical trials for new medications for schizophrenia.MethodsThis is a retrospective, naturalistic, longitudinal 6- to 49-years antipsychotic treatment (mean average, 20) follow-up of a consecutive series of patients volunteering for screening for studies with schizophrenia. Lifetime data were collected on (1) their medication adherence, (2) long-term global outcome, and (3) life satisfaction. Outcomes were rated by 2 different clinicians, 1 with information on medication adherence (nonblind rater) and 1 without (blind rater). We used linear regression models adjusted for age, family support, substance use disorder, race, marital status, and number of years in treatment to estimate the association between adherence and each outcome.ResultsA total of 34 patients were assessed. Medication adherence was positively associated with the blind clinician’s rating of global outcome (P value=0.03) and the global assessment of functioning (P value=0.05). In the nonblinded clinician rating, medication adherence was unrelated to global outcome (P value=0.26) and to patients’ report of life satisfaction (P value=0.54).ConclusionThis replication study, like our previous study, is not inconsistent with the recommendation for continuous, long-term treatment for chronic schizophrenia unless medically contraindicated.

Clinical determinants of life satisfaction in chronic schizophrenia: Data from the CATIE study

2013 ◽  
Vol 151 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 203-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gagan Fervaha ◽  
Ofer Agid ◽  
Hiroyoshi Takeuchi ◽  
George Foussias ◽  
Gary Remington
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Chronic Schizophrenia

scholarly journals Correlational Study of Life Satisfaction, Caregiving Self-Efficacy and Burden of Caregiving in the Primary Caregivers of Chronic Schizophrenia Patients in Pune

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ms. Sheetal A Lakhani ◽  
Mrs. Shradha R Sakatkar
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Primary Caregivers ◽  
Chronic Schizophrenia ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Burden Of Care ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
The Impact

The prevalence of mental illnesses has been increasing more than ever and the effects are clearly seen in these rising trends. General stress levels of persons are also observing increasing trends accountable in major part to the urbanisation due to rise in competition and other issues. In such urbanised setups, lack of primary care facilities for severe psychiatric patients has lead to additional levels of stress in the relatives who are caregivers of such patients and are leading normally stressful lives. These caregivers are also not aware of the techniques to be used in dealing with patients and this can be an issue especially if patients have aggressive symptoms. Thus, the emotional well-being of the family, especially the primary caregivers, is affected on a large extent. The aim of the study was to determine the correlation between level of life satisfaction, burden of care and caregiving self-efficacy in the caregivers of schizophrenia patients. Data was collected from 35 primary family caregivers belonging to the middle class of outpatients with chronic (duration of one or more year) schizophrenia in particular private clinics and hospitals of Pune. Zarit’s Burden Interview, Revised Scale for Caregiving Self-efficacy (by Steffen et al.) and Life Satisfaction Scale (by Alam & Srivastava) were used to collect the relevant information. The impact of socio-demographic variables such as duration of illness and employment status of caregiver was also considered. Correlational analysis was used to analyse the data. It was hypothesised that caregiving self-efficacy will be positively correlated with life satisfaction and that burden of care will be negatively correlated with general life satisfaction and finally, that caregiving self-efficacy will be negatively correlated with burden of care. Impactful psychosocial awareness and training programmes can be developed to increase the levels of life satisfaction of the caregivers based on the obtained results.

Different Future Time Perspectives Interplay in Predicting Life Satisfaction

GeroPsych ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 103-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minjie Lu ◽  
Angel Y. Li ◽  
Helene H. Fung ◽  
Klaus Rothermund ◽  
Frieder R. Lang
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Time Perspectives ◽  
Time Extension ◽  
Future Self ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. This study addresses prior mixed findings on the relationship between future time perspective (FTP) and well-being as well as examines the associations between three aspects of FTP and life satisfaction in the health and friendship domains. 159 Germans, 97 US Americans, and 240 Hong Kong Chinese, aged 19–86 years, completed a survey on future self-views (valence) and life satisfaction. They also reported the extent to which they perceived future time as expanded vs. limited (time extension) and meaningful (openness). Findings revealed that individuals with more positive future self-views had higher satisfaction. However, those who perceived their future as more meaningful or perceived more time in their future reported higher satisfaction even when future self-views were less positive.

Social and Temporal Comparisons as Moderators of Psychological Resources Associations With Wellbeing

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasida Ben-Zur
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Psychological Resources ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Age Range ◽  
General Wellbeing

Abstract. The current study investigated the associations of psychological resources, social comparisons, and temporal comparisons with general wellbeing. The sample included 142 community participants (47.9% men; age range 23–83 years), who compared themselves with others, and with their younger selves, on eight dimensions (e.g., physical health, resilience). They also completed questionnaires assessing psychological resources of mastery and self-esteem, and three components of subjective wellbeing: life satisfaction and negative and positive affect. The main results showed that high levels of psychological resources contributed to wellbeing, with self-enhancing social and temporal comparisons moderating the effects of resources on certain wellbeing components. Specifically, under low levels of mastery or self-esteem self-enhancing social or temporal comparisons were related to either higher life satisfaction or positive affect. The results highlight the role of resources and comparisons in promoting people’s wellbeing, and suggest that self-enhancing comparisons function as cognitive coping mechanisms when psychological resources are low.

Measurement Invariance of the Serbian Version of the Satisfaction With Life Scale Across Age, Gender, and Time

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 555-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veljko Jovanović
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Serbian Version ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Over Time

Abstract. The present research aimed at examining measurement invariance of the Serbian version of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) across age, gender, and time. A total sample in Study 1 consisted of 2,595 participants from Serbia, with a mean age of 23.79 years (age range: 14–55 years). The final sample in Study 2 included 333 Serbian undergraduate students ( Mage = 20.81; age range: 20–27 years), who completed the SWLS over periods of 6 and 18 months after the initial assessment. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the modified unidimensional model of the SWLS, with correlated residuals of items 4 and 5 tapping past satisfaction. The results of the multigroup confirmatory factor analysis supported the full scalar invariance across gender and over time and partial scalar invariance across age. Latent mean comparisons revealed that women reported higher life satisfaction than men. Additionally, adolescents reported higher life satisfaction than students and adults, with adults showing the lowest life satisfaction. Our findings indicate that the SWLS allows meaningful comparisons in life satisfaction across age, gender, and over time.

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