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Quality of life in schizophrenia in India: comparison of three approaches
Author(s) -
Lobana Aprajita,
Mattoo Surendra K.,
Basu Debasish,
Gupta Nitin
Publication year - 2001
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.1600-0447.2001.104001051.x
Subject(s) - quality of life (healthcare) , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , proxy (statistics) , psychology , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , gerontology , medicine , statistics , geography , mathematics , cartography , psychotherapist
Objective: To compare ratings of quality of life in patients with established schizophrenia in Chandigarh, India, in both subjective and objective view points and between patients' and relatives' ratings. Method: Subjective and objective quality of life was assessed in 38 patients with schizophrenia using the Quality of Life Interview – Brief Version and WHO Quality of Life – Bref scale. Key family members were also interviewed using the same scales. Results: Subjective and objective quality of life are moderately well correlated ( r =0.43) and similar agreement was found between patients and relatives ( r =0.46). Conclusion: Although quality of life is characteristically measured with subjects, the use of objective measures of quality of life and key informants of patients provide useful proxy measures.