Quality of life and clinical characteristics in a nonselected sample of patients with schizophrenia

Conclusion:
Patients experienced low QOL. Lower QOL was associated with high BMI, low ADD and smoking in first-ever diagnosed patients and with high BMI and short illness duration in long-term ill patients.

Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - January 12, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medici, C. R., Vestergaard, C. H., Hjorth, P., Hansen, M. V., Shanmuganathan, J. W., Viuff, A. G., Munk-Jorgensen, P. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research