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Relationship between Positive, Negative Symptoms and Quality of Life among Schizophrenic Patients

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Psychiatric nursing

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Background: Positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia contribute substantially to
poor functional outcomes and poor quality of life. Aim of study: Was to examine the relationship < br />between positive, negative symptoms and quality of life among schizophrenic patients. Research
design: A descriptive correlational design was utilized in this study. Setting: The study conducted
at Psychiatric and Mental Health Hospital in Benha City in Qalyubia Governorate. Subject: A
convenient sample consisted of 100 schizophrenic patients. Tools of data collection: Four tools
were used for data collection, I: A structured Interview Questionnaire included socio demographic
and clinical data of the studied patients. II: Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms. III:
Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms and IV: Structured Interview Self-Report Quality
of Life. Results: More than half of the studied patients had severe level of positive symptoms, more
than half had severe level of negative symptoms and half of them had poor level of quality of life.
Also, there were highly statistically significant negative correlations between total positive,
negative symptoms and total quality of life among the studied patients. Conclusion: Patients had
severe levels of positive and negative symptoms are more likely to have poor level of quality of life.
Recommendation: Psycho-educational programs should be established for patients with
schizophrenia to enhance their coping skills, social skills, problem solving skills and emotion
focused coping strategies that hence their quality of life and alleviate positive and negative
symptoms.

DOI

10.21608/jnsbu.2022.248847

Keywords

Key wards: Negative symptoms, positive symptoms, quality of life, Schizophrenia

Authors

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Zeinab

Last Name

Ali Mohammed

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Nursing Specialist at Benha Fevers Hospital, Egypt

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Omaima

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Abo-Bakr Osman

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Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain-Shams University, Egypt

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Mona

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Mohamed Barakat

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Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

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Volume

3

Article Issue

2

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35042

Issue Date

2022-07-01

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2022-06-01

Publish Date

2022-07-01

Page Start

1,083

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1,098

Print ISSN

2682-3934

Online ISSN

2735-5802

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JNSBU_Volume 3_Issue 2_Pages 1083-1098.pdf

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Scientific peer reviewed journal

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1,622

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Publication Title

Journal of Nursing Science Benha University

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https://jnsbu.journals.ekb.eg/

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Relationship between Positive, Negative Symptoms and Quality of Life among Schizophrenic Patients

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23 Jan 2023