Qualidade de vida em portadores de esquizofrenia

• Ano de defesa: 2011
• Autor(a) principal: Gomes, Carmen Rúbia Rangel [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Outpatients; Quality of life; Squizophrenia; Paciente ambulatorial; Qualidade de vida; Esquizofrenia
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/9997

Background: The assessment of quality of life of patients with schizophrenia has been used to assess both the outcome of treatment provided but also the role of cultural environment in the lives of patients. This is the first study in Alagoas. Objective: To evaluate outpatients with schizophrenia through the concept of quality of life. Method: Cross sectional analytical study conducted in the 102 Outpatient Service of the public Psychiatric Hospital Portugal Ramalho. Patients were diagnosed as schizophrenics according to ICD – 10 clinical criteria. They were aged between 18 and 60 years for both sexes, and had attended the outpatient service for at least two consecutive months. The present study used the profile of Lancashire Quality of Life. Results: With respect to socio-demographic variables, most patients had no partner and had low income, 75.5% were retired and received some government benefit. Among those who reported as being white, 78% were women, and while among black and mulatto, women were 20% (p = 0.011). As for the aspects of quality of life (QOL) 19.0% of men used the weekends for leisure while only 4.1% of the women did it (p = 0.016), 63.5% of men referred going shopping while only 44% of women did it (p=0.049). Conclusion: In accordance with the literature, there seems to be a lower quality of life in schizophrenia in both the objective component items (for example, have leisure and work activities) as items of the subjective component (eg, feeling alone, isolated). In disagreement with the literature, men reported in several subjective and objective items better QOL than women.