TY - JOUR
T1 - Correlates of subjective quality of life in people with schizophrenia
T2 - Findings from the EuroSC study
AU - Marwaha, Steven
AU - Johnson, Sonia
AU - Bebbington, Paul
AU - Angermeyer, Matthias C.
AU - Brugha, Traolach
AU - Azorin, Jean Michel
AU - Kilian, Reinhold
AU - Kornfeld, Asa
AU - Toumi, Mondher
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - Quality of life (QOL) is an important outcome for people with schizophrenia, but most previous studies of its correlates have had small sample sizes or explored a limited number of variables. We conducted an analysis of the baseline data from the European Schizophrenia Cohort (EuroSC) study, a naturalistic investigation of people with schizophrenia living in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom (N = 1208). German participants had the highest subjective QOL. Country of residence, depression, accommodation status, and employment were the most important factors in explaining subjective QOL. Many correlates of subjective QOL in people with schizophrenia were similar to those in the general population. Many of the factors important in explaining subjective QOL in people with schizophrenia are not readily amenable to change. Differences in mental health service provision in the United Kingdom and Germany may in part explain variations in the QOL of people with schizophrenia resident there.
AB - Quality of life (QOL) is an important outcome for people with schizophrenia, but most previous studies of its correlates have had small sample sizes or explored a limited number of variables. We conducted an analysis of the baseline data from the European Schizophrenia Cohort (EuroSC) study, a naturalistic investigation of people with schizophrenia living in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom (N = 1208). German participants had the highest subjective QOL. Country of residence, depression, accommodation status, and employment were the most important factors in explaining subjective QOL. Many correlates of subjective QOL in people with schizophrenia were similar to those in the general population. Many of the factors important in explaining subjective QOL in people with schizophrenia are not readily amenable to change. Differences in mental health service provision in the United Kingdom and Germany may in part explain variations in the QOL of people with schizophrenia resident there.
KW - Correlates
KW - Employment
KW - Quality of life
KW - Schizophrenia
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=39149132482&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318162aa9c
DO - 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318162aa9c
M3 - Article
C2 - 18277215
AN - SCOPUS:39149132482
SN - 0022-3018
VL - 196
SP - 87
EP - 94
JO - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
JF - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
IS - 2
ER -
