[Short assessment of subjective quality of life. Application and results of a short form of the Berliner Lebensqualitätprofil (BELP-KF)].
The concurrent validity between the Berliner Lebensqualitätsprofil (BELP) and a new developed short form (BELP-KF) was tested in a sample of schizophrenia outpatients (N = 36) and turned out to be very high. The restriction to subjective quality of life questions did not lead to a greater halo-effect in the sense of an increasing similarity of single item values. Correlations with psychopathological symptoms were almost identical for both interview-versions. The same is true concerning the factorial structure of the satisfaction items which was nearly congruent. Two optional items on satisfaction with sexual life and with psychopharmacological treatment, which had been included into the short interview version, were attributable to an underlying general satisfaction dimension. Among 14 variables satisfaction with psychopharmacological treatment had the second highest factor-loading on the resulting general satisfaction factor.
Kaiser
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Abteilung für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Krankenhaus Spandau Berlin.
Isermann
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Hoffmann
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Huxley
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Priebe
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D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015987:Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents