The quality of life among first-episode psychotic patients in the opus trial
| Autor: | Anne Thorup, Lone Petersen, Merete Nordentoft, Pia Jeppesen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Assertive community treatment Denmark law.invention Young Adult Randomized controlled trial Quality of life Behavior Therapy law medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies Psychiatry Biological Psychiatry Retrospective Studies Psychiatric Status Rating Scales First episode Standard treatment Community Mental Health Services Psychiatry and Mental health Treatment Outcome Psychotic Disorders Assertiveness Cohort Quality of Life Female Psychology Psychosocial Psychopathology |
| Zdroj: | Schizophrenia Research. 116:27-34 |
| ISSN: | 0920-9964 |
| Popis: | Background From an ‘objective’ perspective, treatment of first-episode psychosis has improved in many ways with the development of specialised early and intensive team-based treatment like e.g. the ‘OPUS’ treatment. However, the patients' perspective is also important and was investigated in the ‘OPUS’ study by analysing data concerning quality of life. Aim We aimed to investigate the ‘quality of life from patients' perspective’ among a cohort of young adults with a first-episode psychosis at the time of treatment initiation and after two years. Especially, we were interested in analysing if there were any significant effects on the subjective quality of life of receiving an intensive psychosocial assertive community treatment called ‘OPUS’ compared to standard treatment (ST). Method This study is part of the Danish ‘OPUS’ trial, a randomised controlled trial (RCT) comparing ‘treatment as usual’ (standard treatment, ST) with ‘OPUS’ treatment. The Lancashire Quality of Life Profile (LQoLP), which is a combined objective and subjective instrument, was administered at baseline and after two years of treatment, N = 280. Results The intensive ‘OPUS’ treatment did not affect the quality of life measured by Lancashire QoLP in a significantly different way from the standard treatment (ST). There were no significant differences in quality of life between the ST group and the OPUS group concerning the 9 life domains. Quality of life correlated with psychopathology (both psychotic and negative symptoms) to a minor extent and more strongly with the affective balance and level of self-esteem. |
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