title: Quality of life in community-dwelling patients with schizophrenia in China.
abstract: The aim of this study was to assess Chinese schizophrenia patients' quality of life (QOL) and identify its demographic and clinical correlates. A random sample of 540 community-dwelling schizophrenia patients was interviewed using standardized assessment instruments. The patients' basic sociodemographic and clinical data and QOL were collected. Compared with the general population, patients had significantly lower scores in the physical and psychological QOL domains. Multivariate analyses showed that better social support independently predicted higher QOL in all domains, whereas more severe positive symptoms predicted worse psychological and environmental domains. Overall psychopathology predicted both worse physical and psychological domains; depressive symptoms and being married predicted worse physical and social QOL, respectively. Our results suggest that therapeutic and psychosocial interventions alleviating positive and depressive symptoms and improving poor social support and marriage-related problems in Chinese patients with schizophrenia might be of considerable benefit in improving their QOL.
authors: Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. xyutly@gmail.com
authors: Yu-Tao
authors: YT
authors: Xiang
authors: Ye-Zhi
authors: YZ
authors: Hou
authors: Fang
authors: F
authors: Yan
authors: Lisa B
authors: LB
authors: Dixon
authors: Gabor S
authors: GS
authors: Ungvari
authors: Faith
authors: F
authors: Dickerson
authors: Weng-Yong
authors: WY
authors: Li
authors: Wen-Xiu
authors: WX
authors: Li
authors: Yu-Ling
authors: YL
authors: Zhu
authors: Sandra S M
authors: SS
authors: Chan
authors: Edwin H M
authors: EH
authors: Lee
authors: Helen F K
authors: HF
authors: Chiu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012944:Social Support