caa a22 4500 445343850 CHVBK 20180317142822.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00406-011-0200-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00406-011-0200-z Is personal and social functioning associated with subjective quality of life in schizophrenia patients living in the community? [Elektronische Daten] [Sofia Brissos, Vicent Balanzá-Martinez, Vasco Dias, Ana Carita, Maria Figueira] Subjective quality of life (QoL) and psychosocial functioning constitute important treatment outcomes in schizophrenia. We aimed to investigate the relationship between them in schizophrenia patients living in the community. Symptom severity and insight were assessed with the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) in 76 community schizophrenia patients. Social functioning was measured with the Portuguese version of Personal and Social Performance (PSP) scale, and subjective QoL was measured with the Portuguese version of the WHO Quality of Life Measure-Abbreviated Version (WHOQOL-Bref). The majority of patients were single (78%) and unemployed/inactive (74%). Mean PSP total score was 55.5, and mean scores on WHOQOL-Bref domains ranged from 54.1 to 63.0. Greater symptom severity and worse insight were significantly associated with worse functioning in all PSP domains. Symptoms were more moderately correlated with QoL, with no significant correlations between QoL and positive symptoms and insight levels. Partial correlations controlling for symptom severity revealed no significant associations between social functioning and subjective QoL. Symptom severity may exert a greater influence on social functioning than on subjective QoL; however, social functioning was not associated with subjective QoL. The results suggest these constructs might be independent and should be assessed separately. A broader research approach, with increased attention to social and psychological factors, may help identify treatment targets to improve schizophrenia patients' social functioning and QoL. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Depression nationallicence Disability nationallicence Insight nationallicence Personal and Social Performance scale nationallicence Negative symptoms nationallicence Positive symptoms nationallicence Quality of life nationallicence Social functioning nationallicence GAF : Global assessment of functioning nationallicence MINI : Mini-international neuropsychiatric interview nationallicence PANSS : Positive and negative syndrome scale nationallicence PSP : Personal and social performance nationallicence QoL : Quality of life nationallicence WHOQOL-Bref : World Health Organization Quality of Life measure—abbreviated version nationallicence Brissos Sofia Lisbon's Psychiatric Hospitalar Centre, Lisbon, Portugal aut Balanzá-Martinez Vicent Section of Psychiatry, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain aut Dias Vasco Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (FMUL), Lisbon, Portugal aut Carita Ana Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal aut Figueira Maria Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (FMUL), Lisbon, Portugal aut European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience Springer-Verlag 261/7(2011-10-01), 509-517 0940-1334 261:7<509 2011 261 406 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-011-0200-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-011-0200-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brissos Sofia Lisbon's Psychiatric Hospitalar Centre, Lisbon, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Balanzá-Martinez Vicent Section of Psychiatry, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dias Vasco Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (FMUL), Lisbon, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Carita Ana Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Figueira Maria Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (FMUL), Lisbon, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience Springer-Verlag 261/7(2011-10-01), 509-517 0940-1334 261:7<509 2011 261 406 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer