Y?ld?z Akvardar|Berna Binnur Akdede|Ay?egül Özerdem|Erhan Eser|?ule Topkaya|Köksal Alptek?n
Assessment of quality of life with the WHOQOL?BREF in a group of Turkish psychiatric patients compared with diabetic and healthy subjects
Dokuz Eylül University|Dokuz Eylül University|Dokuz Eylül University|Manisa Celal Bayar University|Sivas State Hospital|Dokuz Eylül University
decreased quality life often important cause consequence psychiatric illness needs included comprehensive treatment plan authors aimed identify psychiatric patients characterize quality lives compared others suffering chronic physical illness diabetes healthy individuals total 100 psychiatric patients recruited dokuz eyll university psychiatry department outpatient clinic 34 4th edition diagnostic statistical manual diagnosis alcohol dependence 38 schizophrenia 28 bipolar disorder total 35 patients diabetes 49 healthy individuals also included study world health organizations quality life questionnaire used measure quality life patients alcohol dependence bipolar disorder schizophrenia scored lower healthy subjects physical aspects quality life patients schizophrenia lower scores psychological domain compared patients bipolar disorder patients diabetes healthy subjects social relationship domain patients schizophrenia alcohol dependence scored lower compared healthy subjects patients schizophrenia worse respect social relationships bipolar patients diabetics world health organizations quality life questionnaire useful evaluating needs targets interventions psychiatric patients