title: Generic and disease-specific quality of life and its predictors among Chinese inpatients with schizophrenia.
abstract: This study aims to describe generic and disease-specific quality of life (QOL) and its predictors among Chinese inpatients with schizophrenia. A total of 209 subjects participated in this study: 121 men and 88 women. Their ages ranged from 18 to 64, with a mean age of 33.85 (S.D.=10.84). The total scores of generic and disease-specific QOL were statistically significant, correlated with patients׳ total symptom severity scores and social support scores (all P values less than 0.01). Multiple regression analysis revealed that monthly household income and subjective social support were statistically significant predictors of generic and disease-specific QOL. Duration of hospitalization, support use degree, negative and general psychopathology symptoms were additional significant predictors of disease-specific QOL. This study suggests the importance of improving subjective social support in order to promote generic and disease-specific QOL. Controlling negative and general psychopathology symptoms and improving support use degree could additionally enhance the disease-specific QOL in patients with schizophrenia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Meidcal University, No 63 DuoBao Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510150 China. Electronic address: chloezengyc@hotmail.co.uk.
authors.forename: Yingchun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Guangzhou Psychiatric Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Jiankui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Harbin Medical university, Daqing China.
authors.forename: Yuqiu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Hunan Psychiatric Hospital, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Jianying
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Quality of life; Schizophrenia; Social support; Symptom severity