Hospital and community-based care for patients with chronic schizophrenia in Hong Kong: quality of life and its correlates

GWL Chan, GS Ungvari, DTL Shek… - Social Psychiatry and …, 2003 - Springer
Background: There have been few studies on the impact of de-institutionalization on
psychiatric patients' lives in Chinese culture. The objectives of the present study were:(1) to …

Clinical characteristics and objective living conditions in relation to quality of life among community-based individuals of schizophrenia in Hong Kong

FKC Yeung, SHW Chan - Quality of Life Research, 2006 - Springer
Quality of life (QOL) has gained importance as an outcome measure for people with
schizophrenia living in the community following deinstitutionalization. This study aims at …

Quality of life of Chinese schizophrenia outpatients in Hong Kong: relationship to sociodemographic factors and symptomatology

YT Xiang, YZ Weng, CM Leung… - Australian & New …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To explore the relationships between sociodemographic and clinical factors and
quality of life (QOL) in a cohort of Chinese schizophrenia outpatients. Method: Two hundred …

Subjective quality of life in outpatients with schizophrenia in Hong Kong and Beijing: relationship to socio-demographic and clinical factors

YT Xiang, YZ Weng, CM Leung, WK Tang… - Quality of Life …, 2008 - Springer
Purpose This study compared the subjective quality of life (SQOL) in schizophrenia patients
living with their families in Hong Kong (HK) and Beijing (BJ) and explored the relationship …

Quality of life in community-dwelling patients with schizophrenia in China

YT Xiang, YZ Hou, F Yan, LB Dixon… - The Journal of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
The aim of this study was to assess Chinese schizophrenia patients' quality of life (QOL) and
identify its demographic and clinical correlates. A random sample of 540 community …

A community study of the health-related quality of life of schizophrenia and general practice outpatients in Singapore

HY Tan, WC Choo, S Doshi, LEC Lim… - Social psychiatry and …, 2004 - Springer
Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important outcome indicator of
healthcare that has been little studied in East Asia, where, culturally, there is greater family …

Quality of life in patients with schizophrenia in China: relationships among demographic characteristics, psychosocial variables, and symptom severity

C Cai, L Yu - Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental …, 2017 - journals.healio.com
The aim of the current study was to examine the relationships among demographic
characteristics, psychosocial variables, symptom severity, and quality of life (QOL), and the …

Quality of life in Chinese patients with schizophrenia: a meta-analysis

L Lu, LN Zeng, QQ Zong, WW Rao, CH Ng… - Psychiatry …, 2018 - Elsevier
The impact of schizophrenia on quality of life (QOL) is significantly influenced by
sociocultural factors. This meta-analysis systematically compared QOL between patients …

Quality of life and its association with psychiatric symptoms and socio-demographic characteristics among people with schizophrenia: A hospital-based cross …

D Desalegn, S Girma, T Abdeta - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Objectives To identify sociodemographic and illness-related factors associated with quality
of life among people with Schizophrenia. Methods A hospital-based cross-sectional study …

Socio-demographic and clinical determinants of quality of life in Chinese patients with schizophrenia: a prospective study

YT Xiang, CY Wang, Y Wang, HFK Chiu, JP Zhao… - Quality of Life …, 2010 - Springer
Purpose The aim of the study was to assess the changes in the quality of life (QOL) of
Chinese schizophrenia patients and to identify their predictors over a 1-year follow-up …