Annual of social work, Vol. 20 No. 3, 2013.
Preliminary communication
QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE WITH FIRST-EPISODE SCHIZOPHRENIA IN REMISSION AND SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS
Adisa Karahasanović
; Department of Social Work, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Draženka Ostojić
orcid.org/0000-0003-1796-6867
; Psychiatric clinic Vrapce, Zagreb, Croatia
Vlado Jukić
orcid.org/0000-0003-1337-9200
; Psychiatric clinic Vrapce, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The quality of life has an important role in everyday life. In this study, the quality of life of social work students (N=50) and young people with first-episode schizophrenia (N=50) in remission was studied. The assessment of the quality of life of patients and students was conducted using the World Health Organization’s Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF). The results show that young people with first-episode schizophrenia assess their quality of life as worse in the domain of social relationsin comparison to social work students. There were no statistically significant differences in the domains of mental health, physical health, and environmental dimensions. The results confirm the necessity of a comprehensive and effective treatment and care for patients with thefirst episode of schizophrenia in which special attention should be given to quality social relations and rehabilitation.
Keywords
quality of life; persons with first-episode schizophrenia; students
Hrčak ID:
118483
URI
Publication date:
14.3.2014.
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