Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Προαγωγή ψυχικής υγείας - Πρόληψη ψυχιατρικών διαταραχώνLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Supervisors info:
Μαρίνα Οικονόμου, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Ιατρικής, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Ηλίας Αγγελόπουλος, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Ιατρικής, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Χαράλαμπος Παπαγεωργίου, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Ιατρικής, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Original Title:
Ανθεκτικότητα, αυτοεκτίμηση, αίσθημα μοναξιάς και η σχέση τους με την ποιότητα ζωής ασθενών με σχιζοφρένεια και διπολική διαταραχή.
Translated title:
Resilience, self-esteem, loneliness and their relationship with quality of life in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Summary:
Quality of life has been established as one of the most important assessment indicators of health care interventions and health services. Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have long courses, a high tendency to relapse and adverse impacts on multiple dimensions of functioning. The present study aimed: (i) to compare the level of quality of life (QOL) among subjects with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and (ii) to examine the association of QOL with resilience, self- esteem, loneliness along with sociodemographic characteristics and clinical variables at the same subjects. The study sample included 86 patients attending the outpatient unit of Aiginiteion Hospital or the Byron Kessariani Mental Health Center. Patients were assessed with the ConnorDavidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and the UCLA Loneliness Scale (UCLA) .To evaluate quality of life, all patients received the World Health Organisation (WHO) quality of life (QoL) instrument (WHOQOLBREF). At the same time, sociodemographic and clinical data were obtained. The results demonstrated that patients with schizophrenia had statistically significantly higher scores on all the subscales of WHOQOL-BREF when compared with the bipolar ones. No statistically significant differences appeared when comparing the Resilience Scale, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the UCLA Loneliness Scale between the two groups. Quality of life is positive related to resilience and self-esteem and negative to loneliness. Additionally, resilience and self- esteem are positive related to each other and negative to loneliness. In terms of demographic and clinical variables, type of illness and education are significantly correlated with quality of life. Despite its methodological limitations, the present study showed that unlike loneliness, resilience and self- esteem contribute to better quality of life of the mentally ill. Various strategies to reinforce resilience and self-esteem on one hand and debilitate loneliness on the other are needed to improve quality of life in this population.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Resilience, Self-esteem, Loneliness, Quality of life, Bipolar Disorder
