[Premorbid adjustment and quality of life in schizophrenia].
The Premorbid Adjustment Scale by Cannon-Spoor (PAS) is a rating scale which was designed to evaluate the degree of achievement of developmental goals at each of several periods of a subject's life before the onset of schizophrenia.


OBJECTIVE
The evaluation of PAS in schizophrenic patients.


METHODS
In this study premorbid adjustment level was correlated with QOL (Quality of Life Scale (QLS) by Henrichs) in a group of 120 subjects that fulfilled ICD-10 criteria for schizophrenia.


CONCLUSIONS
This study supported that poor premorbid adjustment can be manifested by poorer QOL among schizphrenics, especially, the lower adjustment in adolecscence, the poorer QOL.
Klinika Psychiatrii Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku.
Andrzej
A
Czernikiewicz
Joanna
J
Górecka
Anna
A
Kozak-Sykała
D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012917:Social Adjustment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors