title: [The comparative study of the quality of life for outpatient care versus community rehabilitation program schizophrenic patients].
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of demographic variables, illness factors and symptom factors on the quality of life in schizophrenic patients. Data were collected by personal interview and self-report questionnaire druing the month from February to March in 1995. A total of 155 schizophrenic patients purposefully selected from a psychiatric teaching hospital in Kaohsiung participated in the study. The data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. The quality of life was assessed in terms the following five parameters: activity, family support, psychological well-being, physical well-being, and economic function. In addition, the work status, subjective deficits symptoms and type of treatment program were uses as predictors of the total quality of life. These parameters shared 38% of their variance in stepwise multiple regression analysis. The findings indicated that schizophrenic patients who had participated in a rehabilitation program could maintain a well quality of life than in outpatient care only.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Foo Yin Institute of Technology, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation*