Comparing quality of life between schizophrenics, family members, and others

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  • Kunikata Hiroko
    Department of Nursing Kagawa, Faculty of Health Sciences, Prefectural College of Health Sciences
  • Nakajima Kazuo
    Faculty of Health and Welfare Science, Okayama Prefectural University
  • Numoto Kenji
    Faculty of Health and Welfare Science, Okayama Prefectural University

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  • 統合失調症者,精神障害者家族会会員,一般住民のQuality of lifeの比較
  • トウゴウ シッチョウショウシャ セイシン ショウガイシャ カゾクカイ カイイン イッパン ジュウミン ノ Quality of life ノ ヒカク

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The purpose of this study was to examine the quality of life between persons with schizophrenia, their families and the general population. The subjects were 124 persons with schizophrenia living in the community and receiving day care, 315 families and 172 general population working at a corporation. The investigation was carried out using the shortened version of the World Health Organization (WHO)/QOL basic questionnaire (WHO/QOL-26). First, a construct validity of samples (n=577) was examined. Second, the QOL scores of the three groups were examined using ANOVA. Results showed that the QOL scores for schizophrenics were significantly lower in the physical and social domains than those for the other two groups. Persons with schizophrenia showed a significantly higher QOL for "Health and Social Care : accessibility and quality," and a significantly lower QOL for both "Dependence on Medical Substances and Treatments" and for "Sexual Activity". Discussion of schizophrenia was held from the point of view of normalization.

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