title: Association of psychopathology with quality of life in acute phase of schizophrenia; an experience from east India.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To find the association of patient characteristic and psychopathology with quality of life in acute phase of schizophrenia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Socio-demographic variables of patient, psychopathology and quality of life were assessed. Spearman's Correlation coefficients were measured using SPSS version 15.0.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Quality of life of the patients varied in different domains. Male gender, unmarried status and higher educational status predicted a poorer quality of life. The domains of physical and psychological well-being of WHO-QOL were correlated with PANSS general and total scores whereas environmental and social health showed no correlation with PANSS scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Domains of subjective quality of life in acute phase of schizophrenia are associated variedly with socio-demographic variables and symptomatology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Suravi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patra
authors.forename: Ajaya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mishra
keywords: Psychopathology; quality of life; schizophrenia