caa a22 4500 467917663 CHVBK 20180406152907.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11205-004-8157-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11205-004-8157-1 Demographic Characteristics as Predictors of Quality of Life in a Population of Psychiatric Outpatients [Elektronische Daten] [Erik Masthoff, Fons Trompenaars, Guus Van Heck, Paul Hodiamont, Jolanda De Vries] Studies examining relationships between demographic variables in a general population of psychiatric outpatients and quality of life (QOL), in which QOL was assessed according to current recommendations, have not been performed yet. The aim of this study was to examine one particular aspect of this relationship: the question to what extent QOL scores can be predicted by demographic variables. In a sample of adult Dutch psychiatric outpatients (n=495), demographics were recorded and the participants completed a questionnaire for measuring QOL (WHOQOL-100). The relationships of the demographic variables with the WHOQOL-100 domains Social Relationships and Environment, were stronger than those with the domains Physical Health and Psychological Health. The latter had only significant relationships with educational level and sick leave, which explain little of the variance of the concerning QOL domain. In general, the demographic characteristics used, explained only a relatively small part of the variance in QOL scores. An exception was sick leave, which, in participants with a job, explained an extensive part (27.4%) of the variance of scores on the domain Physical Health. Springer, 2006 Masthoff Erik Stichting GGZ Midden Brabant, P.O. Box 770, 5000, Tilburg, AT, The Netherlands aut Trompenaars Fons Stichting GGZ Midden Brabant, P.O. Box 770, 5000, Tilburg, AT, The Netherlands aut Van Heck Guus Department Psychology and Health, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, 5000, Tilburg, LE, The Netherlands aut Hodiamont Paul Stichting GGZ Midden Brabant, P.O. Box 770, 5000, Tilburg, AT, The Netherlands aut De Vries Jolanda Department Psychology and Health, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, 5000, Tilburg, LE, The Netherlands aut Social Indicators Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 76/2(2006-04-01), 165-184 0303-8300 76:2<165 2006 76 11205 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-004-8157-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-004-8157-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Masthoff Erik Stichting GGZ Midden Brabant, P.O. Box 770, 5000, Tilburg, AT, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Trompenaars Fons Stichting GGZ Midden Brabant, P.O. Box 770, 5000, Tilburg, AT, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Van Heck Guus Department Psychology and Health, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, 5000, Tilburg, LE, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hodiamont Paul Stichting GGZ Midden Brabant, P.O. Box 770, 5000, Tilburg, AT, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- De Vries Jolanda Department Psychology and Health, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, 5000, Tilburg, LE, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Indicators Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 76/2(2006-04-01), 165-184 0303-8300 76:2<165 2006 76 11205 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer