Quality of Life and Its Association with Duration of Illness, Number of Rehospitalisations, Sociodemographic Characteristics and Presence of Somatic Comorbidities among Patients with Schizophrenia

  • Marta Gēbele (Speaker)
  • Renemane, Ļ. (Co-author)
  • Ērika Česnauska (Co-author)

Activity: Talk or presentation typesPoster presentation

Description

To evaluate the quality of life in patients with schizophrenia using self-assessment quality of life questionnaires depending on the duration of the disease, the number of rehospitalizations, sociodemographic characteristics and somatic comorbidities.. a hospital based, cross-sectional study was performed among all patients with schizophrenia who agreed to participate, in period 01.07.2022.-16.11.2022. Socio-demographic and clinical data, shortened version of the World Health Organization's self-assessment quality of life questionnaire [WHOQOL-BREF] (consisting of 26 questions, including 4 domains (D): D1-physical health, D2-psychological, D3-social and D4-environmental factors) and visual analogue scale were used in this study.. 60 patients with diagnosed schizophrenia participated in the study (50% women) within average age 43.35years [SD14.615]. The somatic comorbidities had 26.67% [n=16] participants. The average number of hospitalizations due to schizophrenia were 13.13 times[SD14.815]. 6.7% of participants rated quality of life as very good, 26.7% as good, 51.7% as neither poor nor good, 13.3% as poor, 1.7% as very poor. Non-parametric tests showed a positive relationship between somatic illness and higher WHOQOL-BREF in D1[p=0.034] and D3[p=0.048], there was no significant influence of confounding factors -gender, education, marital status, employment, place of residence, disability, substance abuse. Spearman's correlation did not reveal a relationship between the number of rehospitalizations and WHOQOL-BREF. Statistically significant correlation was found between the duration of the disease and the WHOQOL-BREF D1 0.251[p=0.027]. Statistically significant correlation was found between D4 and income level 0.286[p=0.013] and income level and visual analogue scale 0.302[p=0.009].. Patients with lower income levels have lower quality of life. Self-assessments in physical health and social relationship were higher in patients with somatic comorbidities. Patients with longer duration of schizophrenia have better physical health self-assessments. This data could be explained with personality changes and decreased critical attitude in assessment of functioning level, in patients with schizophrenia. Further investigation is required.
Period29 Mar 202331 Mar 2023
Event titleRSU International Research Conference 2023: Knowledge for Use in Practice
Event typeConference
OrganiserRīga Stradiņš University
LocationRiga, LatviaShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • schyzophrenia
  • Quality of life
  • somatic comorbidities

Field of Science

  • 3.2 Clinical medicine