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Quality of Life for Patients with Schizophrenia

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Last updated: 26 Dec 2024

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Psychiatric and mental health nursing

Abstract

Background: Schizophrenia is a chronic illness that affects a patient's quality of life. Patients with schizophrenia often report a reduced quality of life, which is a significant element in the prognosis of the illness. The aim: this study is to assess the quality of life for schizophrenia patients. Subjects and Method: A convenience sample of 60 patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia from the inpatient and outpatient psychiatric departments of Mansoura University Hospital was included in the study, which used a descriptive research methodology. Results: Result in this study revealed that nearly half of subjects were among age group of 30 to 45 years, male, illiterate or read and write, single and not working. Most of the studied subjects (88.3%) had low quality of life. Conclusion: majority of the studied subjects had low Quality of life. Recommendation: Improving quality of life is advised when providing care for individuals with schizophrenia since it has a significant impact on the prognosis and recovery of the condition. More research on the intervention to improve quality of life is required.

DOI

10.21608/mnj.2024.257103.1372

Keywords

Schizophrenia, quality of life, Clinical data

Authors

First Name

Doaa

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Elsaid

Affiliation

psychiatric and mental health nursing department, faculty of nursing ,Mansoura university

Email

doaaelsaid@mans.edu.eg

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First Name

Shaimaa

Last Name

Awad

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Lecturer of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing-Mansoura University

Email

sh.psych2020@gmail.com

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First Name

Rania

Last Name

Eletrby

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Affiliation

Assistant Professor of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing-Mansoura University

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First Name

Mona

Last Name

El-Bilsha

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Affiliation

Professor of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing-Mansoura University

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Volume

11

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

50297

Issue Date

2024-07-01

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2023-12-27

Publish Date

2024-07-01

Page Start

261

Page End

269

Print ISSN

2735-4121

Online ISSN

2735-413X

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https://mnj.journals.ekb.eg/article_379433.html

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379,433

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Original Article

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1,468

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Journal

Publication Title

Mansoura Nursing Journal

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https://mnj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Quality of Life for Patients with Schizophrenia

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26 Dec 2024