title: [Subjective quality of life in severely disabled long-stay schizophrenic patients].
abstract: In the controversy about severely chronic mental patients, who still reside in the psychiatric hospital after decades of deinstitutionalization, their quality of life (QoL) has become a main topic. On the basis of a critique of the dominant, mere standardized approach to QoL this method is compared with a qualitative approach in such a schizophrenic "residual" patient group (n = 144). While in the standardized approach a high level of subjective QoL could be found that correlated positively with the duration of hospitalisation, the open interviews yielded specific experiences of deficiencies. The appraisal of the quality of life especially of chronic or hospitalized patients is reconsidered.
authors.affiliation: Arbeitsgruppe Sozialpsychiatrie, Psychiatrische Klinik, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany. michael.franz@psychiat.med.uni-giessen.de
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Franz
authors.forename: Thorsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gallhofer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003688:Deinstitutionalization; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D011379:Prognosis; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment