The sensitivity of quality-of-life scale WHOQOL-100 to psychopathological measures in schizophrenia

Anhedonia Is an Important Factor of Health-Related Quality-of-Life Deficit in Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder

“…Social hedonic deficit scores did not predict variability in the Q-LES-Q dimension scores in this sample. Notably, one study regarding the reliability and clinical sensitivity of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-100) scale suggests that the anhedonia subscale (from the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms) was the predictor variable in five of six domains of the WHOQOL-100 scale in 54 stabilized outpatients with schizophrenia (Orsel et al, 2004). There is an interest in investigating the relation between emotional memory and social anhedonia severity in patients with schizophrenia.…”

Quality of life in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: Associations with insight and psychopathology

“…It has been shown that depressed mood affects, strongly and negatively, the evaluation of their own global QoL, as well as the various domains of their QOL (Fitzgerald et al, 2001;Reine et al, 2003;Sim et al, 2004). The Depression factor of the positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS) has been found to correlate inversely with global subjective QOL (Dickerson et al, 1997), while higher anxiety and depression ratings as measured by the brief psychiatric rating scale (BPRS) have also been found to correlate inversely with QOL (Huppert et al, 2001;Orsel et al, 2004).…”

Quality of life in the Palestinian context: An inquiry in war-like conditions

“…Conceptualizations of QOL and health and their measurement present researchers with theoretical and methodological problems [8][9][10][11]. A variety of generic and specific QOL tools have been developed [9,[11][12][13][14][15].…”