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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Main Author: Taha, Nur Akmar
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Language:English
Published: 2011
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spelling my-usm-ep.434532019-04-12T05:26:38Z Assessment Of Quality Of Life, Economic And Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Schizophrenia In Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre 2011-03 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 http://eprints.usm.my/43453/ http://eprints.usm.my/43453/1/NUR%20AKMAR%20TAHA.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan
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Taha, Nur Akmar
Assessment Of Quality Of Life, Economic And Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Schizophrenia In Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre
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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author Taha, Nur Akmar
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title 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_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_sort assessment of quality of life, economic and clinical outcomes among patients with schizophrenia in universiti kebangsaan malaysia medical centre
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publishDate 2011
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