Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2019

Quality of Life Assessment in Treated Mentally Ill Patients

Dr. Anirban Ray

Abstract :

Introduction: Quality of life is poor in treated mentally ill patients. There are dearth of such studies from Indian subcontinent. Materials & Methods: Treated mentally ill patient’s (N=146) and normal controls, who are caregivers of mentally ill patients (N= 124) recruited for the study after obtaining consent. Veterans Rand 12 (VR 12) along with a semi–structured questionnaire was given to both the groups. ICD 10 diagnosis and CGI–S scale was applied by the treating psychiatrist on mentally ill patients. Results and Analysis: Both Physical Composite quality of life score (PCS) (p=0.000) and Mental quality of life score (MCS) (p=0.000) are significantly worse in people with mental illness. It doesn’t significantly vary with change of diagnosis but vary with severity of illness. It also varied with education, occupation and age Conclusion: Quality of life is poor in mentally ill patients.

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QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT IN TREATED MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS, Dr. Anirban Ray PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-7 | July-2019

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