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Insight and quality of life in Asian patients with first‐episode psychosis
Author(s) -
Choo L.,
Png C.,
Chan S.,
Subramaniam M.,
Chong S. A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0447.106.s413.1_139.x
Subject(s) - dup , psychopathology , psychosis , context (archaeology) , quality of life (healthcare) , positive and negative syndrome scale , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , intervention (counseling) , medicine , psychotherapist , gene duplication , biology , gene , paleontology , biochemistry , chemistry
Objective Quality of life (QOL) is increasingly perceived as an important outcome measure in psychosis. The study aims to identify determinants of QOL at first presentation with psychosis in an Asian context. Methods 33 patients presented to the Early Psychosis Intervention Programme (EPIP) were assessed with a battery of validated clinical instruments. Relationships between QOL, insight, psychopathology, duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) and socio‐demographic variables were examined. Results While QOL was found to be independent of age of onset, DUP, gender, race and symptoms at baseline, it was influenced by insight and psychopathology. The insight scores were inversely correlated with the Physical Health domain of the WHO‐QOL BREF ( r =−0.367, P < 0.05). General psychopathology on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) was negatively correlated with the WHO‐QOL BREF ( r =−0.370, P < 0.05). Conclusion The present study appears to indicate that for patients in an Asian setting, the somatic experiences of ill health shaped the perceptions of insight.