Gender differences in health-related quality of life in people with severe mental illness.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE:The purpose was to analyze socioeconomic and clinical factors of psychosocial functioning and self-perception in relation to health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in people with severe mental health illness (SMI) by gender. MATERIALS AND METHOD:A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 133 women and 90 men. Recorded variables: HRQOL, SF-36 Physical Component Scores (PCS) and Mental Component Scores (MCS); sociodemographic and clinical data on psychosocial and self-perception functioning. Correlational studies using raw and adjusted linear regression models to evaluate the factors associated with HRQOL by obtaining coefficients, p-values and respective confidence intervals. RESULTS:The mean PCS for women and men was 44.6 and 49.0 (p = 0.004) and 36.4 and

SUBMITTER: Colillas-Malet E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7034846 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature