OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the study were to examine the perceptions of recently recovered psychiatric patients on their feeling of well-being, their satisfaction with domains of living experience, and the correlates of subjective quality of life (QOL). METHOD: Patients (n = 118, aged 18-60) with schizophrenia and major affective disorders were assessed with the 26- item WHOQOL instrument, 2 weeks after discharge. Satisfaction with the items was graded as follows: dissatisfaction (< 50% positive appreciation), bare satisfaction (50-65 %), moderate (66-74 %), and highest satisfaction (> or = 75 %). In the six domains of QOL, patients were categorized as high, average or poor, based on domain mean score plus/minus 1 SD. RESULTS: Items of highest satisfaction included overall sense of well-being and satisfaction with self; satisfaction with personal relationships and ability to work were moderate; while there was dissatisfaction with adequacy of money to meet needs, dependence on treatment and sex life. At least two-thirds of the subjects were categorized as having average QOL in each of the six domains of living experience. There were no significant associations between psychiatric diagnosis, socio-demographic characteristics and QOL. CONCLUSION: Our data support the impression that effective medical treatment is the first step to ensure QOL. Subjective QOL ratings realistically reflect the strengths and weaknesses of socio-cultural circumstances and patients' perceived personal qualities. High subjective sense of well-being should be a tool in public mental health education to dispel the gloom of psychiatric outcome and combat stigma.
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the study were to examine the perceptions of recently recovered psychiatricpatients on their feeling of well-being, their satisfaction with domains of living experience, and the correlates of subjective quality of life (QOL). METHOD:Patients (n = 118, aged 18-60) with schizophrenia and major affective disorders were assessed with the 26- item WHOQOL instrument, 2 weeks after discharge. Satisfaction with the items was graded as follows: dissatisfaction (< 50% positive appreciation), bare satisfaction (50-65 %), moderate (66-74 %), and highest satisfaction (> or = 75 %). In the six domains of QOL, patients were categorized as high, average or poor, based on domain mean score plus/minus 1 SD. RESULTS: Items of highest satisfaction included overall sense of well-being and satisfaction with self; satisfaction with personal relationships and ability to work were moderate; while there was dissatisfaction with adequacy of money to meet needs, dependence on treatment and sex life. At least two-thirds of the subjects were categorized as having average QOL in each of the six domains of living experience. There were no significant associations between psychiatric diagnosis, socio-demographic characteristics and QOL. CONCLUSION: Our data support the impression that effective medical treatment is the first step to ensure QOL. Subjective QOL ratings realistically reflect the strengths and weaknesses of socio-cultural circumstances and patients' perceived personal qualities. High subjective sense of well-being should be a tool in public mental health education to dispel the gloom of psychiatric outcome and combat stigma.
Authors: Temitope Ogundare; Peter O Onifade; 'Deji Ogundapo; Senait Ghebrehiwet; Christina P C Borba; David C Henderson Journal: Qual Life Res Date: 2021-02-01 Impact factor: 4.147
Authors: Ulrike Stentzel; Neeltje van den Berg; Kilson Moon; Lara N Schulze; Josephine Schulte; Jens M Langosch; Wolfgang Hoffmann; Hans J Grabe Journal: BMC Psychiatry Date: 2021-06-29 Impact factor: 3.630
Authors: Adesanmi Akinsulore; Olutayo O Aloba; B M Mapayi; I O Oloniniyi; F O Fatoye; R O A Makanjuola Journal: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol Date: 2014-02-19 Impact factor: 4.328