Quality of life in patients with schizophrenia in Nigeria

Makanjuola, A B; Adeponle, AB; Obembe, A

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“…33 Two of our studies reported poor correlations between the objective indices and subjective QOL. 26,28 Studies from developed countries have also shown similar discrepancies between objectively and subjectively assessed QOL in patients with psychiatric disorders. [34][35][36] Skantze and colleagues suggested that the reason for this discrepancy was that the same objective event may result in an opposite assessment by the same individual depending on the persons' perspective at the time of the interview.…”

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“…26 Reduced subjective QOL was also found to correlate with poor social support in another study. 27 In contrast, one of the reviewed studies reported no significant associations between sociodemographic factors and QOL.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Of the 6 studies that were eligible for this review, 4 investigated QOL among patients who were receiving treatment on an out-patient basis [26][27][28][29] , while 2 were conducted among patients who were recently discharged from in-patient care. 25,30 Although, none of the studies we reviewed actually performed a repeat or prospective QOL evaluation, previous studies have shown varied results concerning QOL evaluation in the context of the period that the patients were recruited.…”

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“…27 In another study from a psychiatric facility in North-central Nigeria, Makanjuola and colleagues reported that gender and occupational status were the factors that were statistically associated with subjective QOL in a group of patients receiving treatment for schizophrenia. 26 Adelufosi and colleagues identified medication nonadherence as the illness-related factor that significantly correlated with lower scores in all the domains of the WHOQOL-Bref. 29 While, Olusina and Ohaeri in their study published in 2003 reported no statistically significant associations between sociodemographic and illness related factors and QOL.…”

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“…39 Similar QOL correlates have also been identified among Nigerian patients with schizophrenia. 26,27 Poor social support has been identified as an important determinant of poor subjective QOL among Nigerian patients. 27 Studies outside Nigeria have reported a similar observation.…”

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A review of quality of life studies in Nigerian patients with psychiatric disorders

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Fatoye²,

Mapayi³

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The concept of Quality of Life is becoming an increasingly important measure of the impact of psychiatric disorders and is now recognized as useful in the healthcare evaluation of patients with psychiatric disorders. The aim of this review was to document and analyze the research data on quality of life in Nigerian patients with psychiatric disorders. The electronic databases, Medline and Pubmed were searched for published articles on quality of life in Nigerian patients with psychiatric disorders. A total of 6 studies met the inclusion criteria. All the studies employed the generic World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale -Brief version, which is the only quality of life instrument whose psychometric properties have been evaluated among Nigerian patients with psychiatric disorders. Some of the studies revealed that quality of life was significantly associated with socio demographic factors such marital and employment status and social support. Poor quality of life was reported to be associated with illnessrelated factors such as co morbid medical problems, presence of anxiety and depressive symptoms and non adherence to medications. All the studies with the exception of two were conducted in centers located in South-western Nigeria. Quality of life in Nigerian patients suffering from psychiatric disorders is under-researched. There is need for more studies to prospectively investigate quality of life and associated factors among Nigerian patients with psychiatric disorders.

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Medication adherence among Nigerians with schizophrenia: correlation between clinico-demographic factors and quality of life

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Medication adherence contributes significantly to symptom remission, recovery and wellbeing in mental illnesses. We evaluated how medication adherence correlates with clinico-demographic factors and quality of life (QoL) in a sample of Nigerians with schizophrenia. This descriptive cross-sectional study involved 160 randomly selected participants with confirmed diagnosis of schizophrenia based on MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview. Data on socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of participants were collected with a questionnaire. Medication adherence was assessed with Morisky Medication Adherence Questionnaire, and participants completed the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale-BREF. The mean age of participants was 38.54 (±11.30) years, and all the participants were on antipsychotics, but only 45% were adherent to their medication. Out of all the participants, 45 (28.2%) considered their overall QoL to be good, 97 (60.6%) considered theirs to be fair, while 18 (11.2%) reported poor QoL. Medication non-adherence correlated negatively with good QoL across multiple dimensions including overall QoL (r=−0.175), health satisfaction (r=-0.161), physical (r=-0.186) and psychological domain (r=-0.175). Again, participant's age (r=−0.190) and age of onset of illness (r=-0.172) correlated negatively with medication non-adherence, and a trend towards relapse delay with medication adherence was also observed (r=-0.155). The effect size of these correlations were however small. Our findings suggest a link between medication adherence and QoL in schizophrenia, such that strategy that addresses medication non-adherence and its determinants may have potential benefits on wellbeing. Further hypotheses-driven studies are desirable.

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Quality of life in patients with schizophrenia in Nigeria

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A review of quality of life studies in Nigerian patients with psychiatric disorders

A review of quality of life studies in Nigerian patients with psychiatric disorders

A multi-dimensional assessment of quality of life among attendees of a West African HIV clinic and its use in tracking outcome

Medication adherence among Nigerians with schizophrenia: correlation between clinico-demographic factors and quality of life

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