AUTHOR=Choo Carol C. , Chew Peter K. H. , Ho Cyrus S. , Ho Roger C. 

TITLE=Quality of Life in Patients With a Major Mental Disorder in Singapore

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2019

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00727

DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00727

ISSN=1664-0640

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Background:</bold> There has been a paradigm shift in mental health service delivery, from a focus on reducing symptoms to a more holistic approach, which considers Quality of Life (QoL).</p><p><bold>Method:</bold> This study aimed to explore prediction of Quality of Life (QoL) in Asian patients with a major mental disorder i.e., depression or schizophrenia in Singapore. In the current study, there were 43 patients (65.1% females) with depression. Their ages ranged from 18 to 65 (<italic>M</italic> = 44.63, <italic>SD</italic> = 12.22). The data were combined with the data on patients with schizophrenia, where there were 43 patients (65.1% females) with schizophrenia, their ages ranging from 18 to 65 (<italic>M</italic> = 44.60, <italic>SD</italic> = 12.19).</p><p><bold>Results:</bold> The components of QoL were examined i.e., Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS). For all patients, social support and age accounted for 17.3% of the variance in PCS, <italic>F</italic><sub>(2, 83)</sub> = 8.66, <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001. For patients with depression, disorder severity, age, and duration of treatment accounted for 48.3% of the variance in PCS, <italic>F</italic><sub>(3, 39)</sub> = 12.15, <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001. For patients with schizophrenia, education (Primary or Lower vs. Post-Secondary or Higher) and emotional coping accounted for 21.3% of the variance in PCS, <italic>F</italic><sub>(2, 40)</sub> = 5.40, <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.01. For all patients, self-efficacy and age accounted for 27.0% of the variance in MCS, <italic>F</italic><sub>(2, 83)</sub> = 15.37, <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001. For patients with depression, disorder severity accounted for 45.6% of the variance in MCS, <italic>F</italic><sub>(1, 41)</sub> = 34.33, <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001. For patients with schizophrenia, number of hospitalizations accounted for 18.5% of the variance in MCS, <italic>F</italic><sub>(1, 41)</sub> = 9.29, <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.01.</p><p><bold>Conclusion:</bold> The findings were discussed in regards to implications in interventions to enhance QoL of patients with schizophrenia and depression in Singapore.</p>