A community study of the health-related quality of life of schizophrenia and general practice outpatients in Singapore

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 106-112

  Tan, Hao Yang ^a,b   Choo, Wei Chieh ^b,c   Doshi, Sanjay ^b,d   Lim, Leslie E C ^b,c   Kua, Ee Heok ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d Medilink Research   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; Case control; Cross sectional; Cultural; Interpersonal; Multi site

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EMOTIONALITY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELLBEING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FAMILY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 2142716895     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-004-0717-9     Document Type: Article

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