Quality of Life Assessment in Turkish Patients with Schizophrenia and Their Relatives

Bibliographic Data

ID13668377
AuthorsKöksal Alptekın (Dokuz Eylül University, corresponding author), Köksal Alptekin (Department of Psychiatry, Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey), Berna Binnur Akdede (0000-0002-2166-0732, Department of Psychiatry, Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey), Yıldız Akvardar (0000-0002-9195-7371, Dokuz Eylül University), Songül çelikgün (Department of Psychiatry, Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey), N Dilşen (Dokuz Eylül University), N Sinem Dilşen (Department of Psychiatry, Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey), Güliz Durak (Department of Psychiatry, Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey), Ayşe Türk (Department of Psychiatry, Adnan Menderes University Medical School, Aydın, Turkey), Hüray Fıdaner (Dokuz Eylül University), Hüray Fidaner (Department of Psychiatry, Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey)
Year2004
Volume95
Issue1
Pages197-206
Publication date2004-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.95.1.197-206
PMID15460376
OpenAlexW2154890965
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited30

Quality of life of first-degree relatives living in the same household with patients having schizophrenia has not been sufficiently explored. 30 patients with schizophrenia (16 women, 14 men), diagnosed using DSM-IV criteria, 31 of their relatives (15 women, 16 men), and 34 control subjects (21 women, 13 men) were included in the study. The mean age of the patients, their relatives, and the control subects were 39.8 +/- 10.9, 58.1 +/- 12.5 and 37.3 +/- 17.0, respectively. The World Health Oranization Quality of Life-Brief Form was administered to all subjects. Quality of life was worse for the patient group than for their relatives and control subjects, but relatives of the patients and control subjects were not significantly different on Quality of life. Quality of life was negatively correlated with the severity of psychopathology and extrapyramidal side effects induced by antipsychotic drugs in the patients

Psychiatry · Psychopathology · Quality of life (healthcare · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming · Turkish · Clinical Psychology · Family Caregiving in Mental Illness · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Schizophrenia research and treatment

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