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International Journal of Tropical Medicine

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A Comparative Study of Quality of Life Among Patients with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorders with Assessment of Burden Among their Care Givers

Devi Dhanapalan, K.S. AshokKumar, K.N. Karthik, G.T. Harsha and R. Rashmi
Page: 148-156 | Received 29 Dec 2023, Published online: 16 Feb 2024

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Abstract

Mental and behavioral disorders account for 12% of the global burden of the disease, of which schizophrenia and mood disorders are the most disabling disorders in the category. Quality of life is essentially understood as a wholesome concept, encompassing all the spheres of life such as physical, emotional, material, social well‐being, development and activity and not merely an absence of disease or infirmity. QOL can help the clinical care in the assessment impact of the illness and its treatment, functioning and well‐being. To assess the quality of life in persons with schizophrenia in comparison with bipolar disorder. To describe the burden of care among the care givers of persons with schizophrenia in comparison with bipolar disorder. A comparative cross‐sectional study assessing and evaluating some key behavioral characteristics between persons with schizophrenia in comparison with bipolar disorder attending a tertiary psychiatric facility attached to a teaching hospital in south India, for the study period of one year. Quality of life was certainly found to be better among the patients with bipolar disorders with mean score ranging from 68‐77, where as in Schizophrenia, the mean score was found to be in the range of 57‐63. Our study showed weak positive correlation between the duration of illness and perceived burden among the care givers of schizophrenia. Quality of life among schizophrenic patients showed significant decline compared to patients with bipolar affective disorder. The domains of physical health and environment were most affected among patients of schizophrenia. BPAD patients showed significant decline in the domain of psychological health and social relationships. When the quality of life is being affected in the physical and environmental domains, the burden perceived by the family members was found to be essentially high.

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Devi Dhanapalan, K.S. AshokKumar, K.N. Karthik, G.T. Harsha and R. Rashmi. A Comparative Study of Quality of Life Among Patients with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorders with Assessment of Burden Among their Care Givers.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makijtm.2024.1.148.156
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