A Comparison of Quality-of-Life in Schizophrenia and Affective Disorder Patients in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-78

  Bamiso Makanjuola, A ^a   Ademola Adeponle, B ^b   Ayodele Obembe, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b Federal Psychiatric Hospital   (Nigeria)

^c USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

affective disorders; Nigeria; quality of life; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOOD DISORDER; NIGERIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NIGERIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33947418448     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461507074970     Document Type: Article

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