title: Relationship between functional capacity and community responsibility in patients with schizophrenia: differences between independent and assisted living settings.
abstract: We examined factors potentially associated with level of community responsibility among middle-aged and older patients with schizophrenia. Participants in residential care facilities engaged in significantly fewer community responsibilities than those residing in the community. However, demographic and clinical characteristics did not explain these differences. Further, greater functional capacity was associated with greater community responsibility among participants residing in the community, but not those in residential care facilities. These results suggest that, despite capacity, patients residing in residential care facilities are not engaging in community responsibilities. Further, among participants residing in the community, functional capacity may predict level of responsibility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0680, USA.
authors.forename: Brent T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Mausbach
authors.forename: Colin A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Depp
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cardenas
authors.forename: Dilip V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Jeste
authors.forename: Thomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D040561:Assisted Living Facilities; D019058:Community Networks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index