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Quality of life of schizophrenic patients living in the community: The relationships with personal characteristics, objective indicators and self‐esteem
Author(s) -
KUNIKATA HIROKO,
MINO YOSHIO,
NAKAJIMA KAZUO
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01352.x
Subject(s) - self esteem , psychology , mood , affect (linguistics) , clinical psychology , psychological intervention , quality of life (healthcare) , depressive mood , coping (psychology) , depressive symptoms , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , psychotherapist , cognition , communication
The relationship of personal characteristics, objective indicators, and self‐esteem to quality of life (QOL) was investigated cross‐sectionally in 73 Japanese schizophrenic patients, and the question of how objective conditions affect subjective evaluation was evaluated. Depressive mood and uncooperativeness were negatively correlated with self‐esteem, and self‐esteem was positively correlated with QOL. Self‐esteem was considered to directly affect QOL, and depressive mood and uncooperativeness to affect QOL via self‐esteem. Findings suggest that, in order to improve the QOL of schizophrenia patients, interventions to help alleviate psychiatric symptoms (e.g. depressive mood, uncooperativeness) must be utilized. A change in Japanese society itself must occur so that the consequences of stigma may be reduced and patient coping skills improved.