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. 2012 Jul;21(2):104-8.
doi: 10.4103/0972-6748.119595.

Association of psychopathology with quality of life in acute phase of schizophrenia; an experience from east India

Suravi Patra  1 , Ajaya Mishra
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Association of psychopathology with quality of life in acute phase of schizophrenia; an experience from east India

Suravi Patra et al. Ind Psychiatry J. 2012 Jul.

Abstract

Objective: To find the association of patient characteristic and psychopathology with quality of life in acute phase of schizophrenia.

Materials and methods: Socio-demographic variables of patient, psychopathology and quality of life were assessed. Spearman's Correlation coefficients were measured using SPSS version 15.0.

Results: Quality of life of the patients varied in different domains. Male gender, unmarried status and higher educational status predicted a poorer quality of life. The domains of physical and psychological well-being of WHO-QOL were correlated with PANSS general and total scores whereas environmental and social health showed no correlation with PANSS scores.

Conclusion: Domains of subjective quality of life in acute phase of schizophrenia are associated variedly with socio-demographic variables and symptomatology.

Keywords: Psychopathology; quality of life; schizophrenia.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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