Association of psychopathology with quality of life in acute phase of schizophrenia; an experience from east India

OBJECTIVE: To find the association of patient characteristic and psychopathology with quality of life in acute phase of schizophrenia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Socio-demographic variables of patient, psychopathology and quality of life were assessed. Spearman's Correlation coefficients were measured using SPSS version 15.0. RESULTS: Quality of life of the patients varied in different domains. Male gender, unmarried status and higher educational status predicted a poorer quality of life. The domains of physical and psychological well-being of WHO-QOL were correlated with PANSS general and total scores whereas environmental and social health showed no correlation with PANSS scores. CONCLUSION: Domains of subjective quality of life in acute phase of schizophrenia are associated variedly with socio-demographic variables and symptomatology.