Measuring quality of life in patients with schizophrenia: an update

AG Awad, LNP Voruganti - Pharmacoeconomics, 2012 - Springer
In 1997, we published a review in Pharmaco Economics about quality of life (QOL)
measurement in patients with schizophrenia. The objective of this article is to provide an …

Quality of life and its predictors in people with schizophrenia

M Tomotake - The Journal of Medical Investigation, 2011 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The author reviewed measurement of quality of life (QOL) of schizophrenia patients and the
clinical factors related to their QOL. As schizophrenia patients were thought to be unable to …

Predictors of subjective and objective quality of life in outpatients with schizophrenia

K Yamauchi, H Aki, M Tomotake, JI Iga… - Psychiatry and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Aim: In recent years, greater attention has been given to quality of life (QOL) in
schizophrenia and several studies reported that negative and depressive symptoms and …

Quality of life across the schizotypy spectrum: findings from a large nonclinical adult sample

AS Cohen, TE Davis III - Comprehensive psychiatry, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: It is well documented that patients with schizophrenia have impoverished
quality of life (QOL). Efforts to determine the underpinnings of this impoverishment have …

Validity of subjective versus objective quality of life assessment in people with schizophrenia

KP Hayhurst, JA Massie, G Dunn, SW Lewis, RJ Drake - BMC psychiatry, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background Quality of life (QoL) is considered an important outcome in health
research. It can be rated by the patient, or by an external assessor. We wished to identify the …

Quality of life and cognitive dysfunction in people with schizophrenia

Y Ueoka, M Tomotake, T Tanaka, Y Kaneda… - Progress in Neuro …, 2011 - Elsevier
The main purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between quality of
life (QOL) and cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. Subjects were 61 stabilized …

Subjective quality of life in patients with chronic schizophrenia: relationships between psychosocial and clinical characteristics

YC Kao, YP Liu, MK Chou, TH Cheng - Comprehensive Psychiatry, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Using the theoretical framework of quality of life (QOL), many studies have
demonstrated that the beliefs individuals hold about their QOL are important in predicting …

Improved quality of life over one year is associated with improved adherence in patients with schizophrenia

KP Hayhurst, RJ Drake, JA Massie, G Dunn… - European …, 2014 - cambridge.org
Aim: Quality of life (QoL) is increasingly considered an important outcome in health
research. We wished to explore the determinants of change in QoL in patients with …

Subjective assessments of the quality of life, well‐being and self‐efficacy in patients with schizophrenia

B Chino, T Nemoto, C Fujii… - Psychiatry and clinical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aim: The present study examined three kinds of subjective assessment scales in the same
patient group with schizophrenia to analyze the correlations among scores obtained in …

Relative contributions of negative symptoms, insight, and coping strategies to quality of life in stable schizophrenia

C Montemagni, F Castagna, B Crivelli, G De Marzi… - Psychiatry …, 2014 - Elsevier
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine the relative contributions of
negative symptomatology, insight, and coping to quality of life (QOL) in a sample of 92 …