PMID: 22351805Mar 1, 2010Paper

Disability and quality of life in schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive disorder: a cross-sectional comparative study

East Asian Archives of Psychiatry : Official Journal of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists = Dong Ya Jing Shen Ke Xue Zhi : Xianggang Jing Shen Ke Yi Xue Yuan Qi Kan
R K SolankiM K Swami

Abstract

To assess and compare the quality of life and disability in patients with schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive disorder. A cross-sectional study was carried out in the outpatient psychiatry clinics at Jaipur of India. Fifty patients with obsessive compulsive disorder and 47 with schizophrenia (diagnosed as per criteria of the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases), and with a minimum duration of 2 years on maintenance treatments, were evaluated. Evaluation was based on the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument, the Global Assessment of Functioning scale, and the Indian Disability Evaluation Assessment Scale. The collected data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Regarding quality of life domains, there was no statistically significant difference between the 2 groups. Obsessive compulsive disorder patients had lower scores on all domains of disability, all such differences being statistically significant. The deleterious effect of illness on quality of life and functioning occur not only in schizophrenic but also in obsessive compulsive disorder patients. Thus management should be planned with this consideration to yield better outcomes in both conditions.

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