Quality of life in patients with severe mental illness: a cross-sectional survey in an integrated outpatient health care model.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:This study (a) assessed quality of life (QoL) in a patient sample with severe mental illness in an integrated psychiatric care (IC) programme in selected regions in Germany, (b) compared QoL among diagnostic groups and (c) identified socio-demographic, psychiatric anamnestic and clinical characteristics associated with QoL. METHODS:This cross-sectional study included severely mentally ill outpatients with substantial impairments in social functioning. Separate dimensions of QoL were assessed with the World Health Organisation's generic 26-item quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF) instrument. Descriptive analyses and analyses of variance (ANOVAs) were conducted for the overall sample as well as for diagnostic group. RESULTS:A total of 953 patients fully completed the WHOQOL-BREF questionna

SUBMITTER: Berghofer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7363717 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature