Scale for measuring self-recoverability in daily life for people with schizophrenia.
OBJECTIVE
A new scale has been developed to assess the self-recoverability in the daily life of people with schizophrenia. Self-recoverability in daily life includes coping with stress events and taking care of one's mental and physical health. The new scale, called Self-Recoverability in Daily Life (SRDL), is a semi-structured instrument with 10 items. The aim of the present study was therefore to test the scale accordingly.


METHODS
A total of 57 subjects who were outpatients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder as defined by DSM-IV, were enrolled in the study. The SRDL scale was assessed with four other scales: the World Health Organization Quality Of Life (WHO-QOL)-26, the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for health state, the Drug-Induced Extrapyramidal Symptoms Scale (DIEPSS) and the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS).


RESULTS
The mean total score of the SRDL scale was positively correlated with both the WHO-QOL-26 and VAS, while the SRDL scale was negatively correlated with the BPRS total score.


CONCLUSIONS
The SRDL scale may be useful for assessing living skills in the daily life of people with schizophrenia.
Takamatsu
Toko
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Division of Psychiatry and Neurology, Department of Environmental Health and Safety, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan. toko@ds-e.bias.ne.jp
Hashimoto
Takeshi
T
Taira
Masaru
M
Fukutake
Masaaki
M
Maeda
Kiyoshi
K
D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D055502:Secondary Prevention