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Quality of life in stabilized patients with schizophrenia is mainly associated with resilience and self-esteem
- Source :
- Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 134:360-367
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2016.
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Abstract
- Objective Improving quality of life (QoL) is an important objective in the treatment of schizophrenia. The aim of the current study was to examine to what extent resilience, self-esteem, hopelessness, and psychopathology are correlated with QoL. Method We recruited 52 out-patients diagnosed with schizophrenia according to DSM-IV criteria and 77 healthy control subjects from the general community. In patients, psychopathology was quantified by the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale. The following scales were used in both patients and control subjects: the Berliner Lebensqualitatsprofil, the Resilience Scale, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Beck Hopelessness Scale to assess QoL, resilience, self-esteem, and hopelessness respectively. Results Patients with schizophrenia presented with significantly less QoL, resilience, self-esteem, and hope compared to healthy control subjects. In patients, QoL correlated moderately with resilience, self-esteem, and hopelessness and weakly with symptoms. With respect to the latter, particularly depression and positive symptoms were negatively correlated with QoL. Conclusion Our results highlight the complex nature of QoL in patients suffering from schizophrenia. They underscore that significant efforts are necessary to enhance resilience and self-esteem and to diminish hopelessness as well as affective and positive symptoms in patients with schizophrenia.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
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behavioral disciplines and activities
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Quality of life
mental disorders
medicine
Humans
Psychiatry
Depression (differential diagnoses)
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Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale
Self-esteem
Middle Aged
Resilience, Psychological
medicine.disease
Self Concept
humanities
030227 psychiatry
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Psychiatry and Mental health
Cross-Sectional Studies
Schizophrenia
Beck Hopelessness Scale
Quality of Life
Female
Schizophrenic Psychology
Psychological resilience
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Clinical psychology
Psychopathology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0001690X
- Volume :
- 134
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....99f291d4c86c131f43fc33e5620e24c9