PMID: 22352201Feb 23, 2012Paper

Quality of life of schizophrenic patients treated with haloperidol depot and injection preparation of long-lasting risperidone

Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Goran MihajlovićKatarina Tomić

Abstract

In the last decades psychiatric patients' quality of life attracts great attention of researchers. Improving the quality of life of schizophrenic patients is increasingly becoming an imperative in pharmacological therapy. Analysis of certain aspects of quality of life in patients with schizophrenia treated with depot formulations of a typical antipsychotic (haloperidol) and injection preparation of a long-acting atypical antipsychotic (risperidone). Research was conducted as a cross-sectional study that included 60 patients of both genders. Examinees diagnosed with schizophrenia (ICD-10, F20.0-F20.9) were divided into two groups: the group of patients that received haloperidol depot (n = 30) and the group of patients that received injection preparation of long-acting risperidone (n = 30). In order to assess the quality of life, social functioning scale (SFS), satisfaction with life scale (SWLS), and short version of World Health Organization quality of life scale (WHO-QoL-Brief) were applied. Results showed statistically significant differences when it comes to social activity and satisfaction with life in favour of patients treated with injection preparation of long-acting risperidone. Examinees from this group were much more ...Continue Reading

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Nov 2, 2014·Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology·Sofia BrissosVicent Balanzá-Martinez

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