Assessment Of Quality Of Life, Economic And Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Schizophrenia In Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre
Schizophrenia is a chronic and serious mental illness that occurs early and persists for a lifetime. It has significant personal, social & economic impact on the patients, families and society. The objective of the study was to determine and compare the impact of different types of antipsychotic...
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| description | Schizophrenia is a chronic and serious mental illness that occurs early and persists for a lifetime. It has significant personal, social & economic impact on the patients, families and society. The objective of the study was to determine and compare the impact of different types of antipsychotic maintenance treatment on humanistic, economic and clinical outcomes in routine clinical practice. The study was prospective and observational in nature. Patients were grouped into two treatment groups; atypical and typical treatment group and assessed at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes were assessed by disease specific scale, the Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale Revision 4 (SQLS-R4) and generic scale, the EuroQoL Group EQ-5D. |
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| spelling | usm-434532019-04-12T05:26:38Z http://eprints.usm.my/43453/ Assessment Of Quality Of Life, Economic And Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Schizophrenia In Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre Taha, Nur Akmar R5-920 Medicine (General) Schizophrenia is a chronic and serious mental illness that occurs early and persists for a lifetime. It has significant personal, social & economic impact on the patients, families and society. The objective of the study was to determine and compare the impact of different types of antipsychotic maintenance treatment on humanistic, economic and clinical outcomes in routine clinical practice. The study was prospective and observational in nature. Patients were grouped into two treatment groups; atypical and typical treatment group and assessed at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes were assessed by disease specific scale, the Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale Revision 4 (SQLS-R4) and generic scale, the EuroQoL Group EQ-5D. 2011-03 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/43453/1/NUR%20AKMAR%20TAHA.pdf Taha, Nur Akmar (2011) Assessment Of Quality Of Life, Economic And Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Schizophrenia In Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre. PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia. |
| spellingShingle | R5-920 Medicine (General) Taha, Nur Akmar Assessment Of Quality Of Life, Economic And Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Schizophrenia In Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre |
| title | Assessment Of Quality Of Life, Economic And Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Schizophrenia In Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre |
| title_full | Assessment Of Quality Of Life, Economic And Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Schizophrenia In Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre |
| title_fullStr | Assessment Of Quality Of Life, Economic And Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Schizophrenia In Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment Of Quality Of Life, Economic And Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Schizophrenia In Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre |
| title_short | Assessment Of Quality Of Life, Economic And Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Schizophrenia In Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre |
| title_sort | assessment of quality of life, economic and clinical outcomes among patients with schizophrenia in universiti kebangsaan malaysia medical centre |
| topic | R5-920 Medicine (General) |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/43453/ http://eprints.usm.my/43453/1/NUR%20AKMAR%20TAHA.pdf |