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dc.title | Quality of life in patients with a major mental disorder in Singapore | |
dc.contributor.author | Choo, C.C | |
dc.contributor.author | Chew, P.K.H | |
dc.contributor.author | Ho, C.S | |
dc.contributor.author | Ho, R.C | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-09T09:49:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-09T09:49:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Choo, C.C, Chew, P.K.H, Ho, C.S, Ho, R.C (2019). Quality of life in patients with a major mental disorder in Singapore. Frontiers in Psychiatry 10 (JAN) : 727. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00727 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1664-0640 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/175348 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: There has been a paradigm shift in mental health service delivery, from a focus on reducing symptoms to a more holistic approach, which considers Quality of Life (QoL). Method: This study aimed to explore prediction of Quality of Life (QoL) in Asian patients with a major mental disorder i.e., depression or schizophrenia in Singapore. In the current study, there were 43 patients (65.1% females) with depression. Their ages ranged from 18 to 65 (M = 44.63, SD = 12.22). The data were combined with the data on patients with schizophrenia, where there were 43 patients (65.1% females) with schizophrenia, their ages ranging from 18 to 65 (M = 44.60, SD = 12.19). Results: The components of QoL were examined i.e., Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS). For all patients, social support and age accounted for 17.3% of the variance in PCS, F(2, 83) = 8.66, p < 0.001. For patients with depression, disorder severity, age, and duration of treatment accounted for 48.3% of the variance in PCS, F(3, 39) = 12.15, p < 0.001. For patients with schizophrenia, education (Primary or Lower vs. Post-Secondary or Higher) and emotional coping accounted for 21.3% of the variance in PCS, F(2, 40) = 5.40, p < 0.01. For all patients, self-efficacy and age accounted for 27.0% of the variance in MCS, F(2, 83) = 15.37, p < 0.001. For patients with depression, disorder severity accounted for 45.6% of the variance in MCS, F(1, 41) = 34.33, p < 0.001. For patients with schizophrenia, number of hospitalizations accounted for 18.5% of the variance in MCS, F(1, 41) = 9.29, p < 0.01. Conclusion: The findings were discussed in regards to implications in interventions to enhance QoL of patients with schizophrenia and depression in Singapore. © 2019 Choo, Chew, Ho and Ho. | |
dc.source | Unpaywall 20200831 | |
dc.subject | adult | |
dc.subject | age | |
dc.subject | aged | |
dc.subject | Article | |
dc.subject | coping behavior | |
dc.subject | depression | |
dc.subject | disease severity | |
dc.subject | educational status | |
dc.subject | female | |
dc.subject | hospitalization | |
dc.subject | human | |
dc.subject | major clinical study | |
dc.subject | male | |
dc.subject | marriage | |
dc.subject | Mental Component Summary | |
dc.subject | mental disease | |
dc.subject | Physical Component Summary | |
dc.subject | prediction | |
dc.subject | predictor variable | |
dc.subject | quality of life | |
dc.subject | quality of life assessment | |
dc.subject | schizophrenia | |
dc.subject | self concept | |
dc.subject | Singapore | |
dc.subject | social support | |
dc.subject | treatment duration | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE | |
dc.description.doi | 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00727 | |
dc.description.sourcetitle | Frontiers in Psychiatry | |
dc.description.volume | 10 | |
dc.description.issue | JAN | |
dc.description.page | 727 | |
dc.published.state | Published | |
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