Quality of life of schizophrenic patients with or without depot neuroleptics
| Autor: | Simić-Medojević Ivana, Burgić-Radmanović Marija |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Serbian |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Scripta Medica, Vol 46, Iss 1, Pp 60-65 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2490-3329 2303-7954 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness that negatively affects the quality of life of the patient and his family. Primary therapy in the treatment of schizophrenia is antipsychotics. Aims of the study: The aim of this study was to compare the quality of life of schizophrenic patients treated with depot neuroleptics preparations and patients without depot neuroleptics. Patientes and Methods: The sample size included 64 patients aged 18-65 years divided into two groups: patients treated with depot neuroleptic preparations and the control group, patients not treated with depot neuroleptics. For the investigation we used history and socio-demographic data, body weight, blood pressure, as well as quality of life questionnaire [a combination of Lancashire and Mansa questionnaire) and short scale for psychiatric evaluation (BPRS). Results: The average age of the examinees was 44.19 ± 7.785 years (experimental group: 43.31 ± 6.879 and control 45.06 ± 8.617 years). Regarding the frequent changes in mood, there were no statistically significant differences between the groups, Hi = 0000, p |
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