Predictors of improvement in quality of life of long-term mentally ill individuals receiving case management.
Författare
Summary, in English
One hundred and thirteen long-term mentally ill clients receiving case management were investigated with regard to psychosocial and clinical predictors of changes in subjective quality of life during an 18-month follow-up. Better psychosocial functioning and fewer psychiatric symptoms at baseline predicted a greater improvement in quality of life. A larger decrease in symptom severity and a greater improvement in the social network during the follow-up were identified as the most important predictors of a greater improvement in subjective quality of life. The results of the study suggest that an emphasis should be put on effective symptom management, a reduction of needs for care and social support in order to fulfill the aims of improving subjective quality of life in patients receiving case management.
Publiceringsår
2002
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
33-40
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
European Psychiatry
Volym
17
Issue
1
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Elsevier Masson SAS
Ämne
- Psychiatry
Nyckelord
- Sweden
- Non-U.S. Gov't
- Support
- Regression Analysis
- Quality of Life : psychology
- Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
- Mental Disorders : psychology
- Male
- Longitudinal Studies
- Human
- Forecasting
- Follow-Up Studies
- Female
- Adult
- Case Management
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Mental Health Services Research
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1778-3585