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Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 23. No. 1., 2011.

Original scientific paper

QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER – A COMPARISON WITH SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS AND HEALTHY CONTROLS

Klara Latalova ; Department of Psychiatry, Olomouc University Hospital, Czech Republic
Jan Prasko ; Department of Psychiatry, Olomouc University Hospital, Czech Republic
Tomas Diveky ; Department of Psychiatry, Olomouc University Hospital, Czech Republic
Dana Kamaradova ; Department of Psychiatry, Olomouc University Hospital, Czech Republic
Hana Velartova ; Department of Psychiatry, Olomouc University Hospital, Czech Republic

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Abstract

Background: In the past, the first goal of bipolar disorder treatment was the reduction of symptoms of mania or depression,
rather than the recovery of social functioning. Recently, as a result of an increased emphasis on patient needs, the concept of quality
of life (QoL) has been brought into the treatment of physical illnesses.
Subjects and methods: The purpose of the present study was to examine QoL data in patients with bipolar disorder in clinical
remission and to determine the extent of the effects of demographic and clinical data on QoL in these patients. The second aim was
to compare the QoL data of these patients to that of patients with schizophrenia in clinical remission and to that of healthy controls.
Data were obtained using a QoL questionnaire (Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire, or Q-LES-Q) for 41
bipolar patients in clinical remission. The data were then compared with the data of 40 schizophrenic patients in clinical remission
and with 40 healthy controls.
Results: There were higher mean scores in most Q-LES-Q summary scales in the bipolar patients than in the schizophrenic
patients. There were higher mean scores in the bipolar patients in some summary scales than in the healthy controls.
Conclusions: Our results suggest the same or higher subjective QoL in bipolar patients in clinical remission in comparison with
healthy controls and higher subjective QoL in bipolar patients in clinical remission than in schizophrenic patients in clinical
remission.

Keywords

quality of life; bipolar disorder; schizophrenia; remission; controls

Hrčak ID:

76423

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/76423

Publication date:

31.3.2011.

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