Health-related quality of life among patients treated with lurasidone: Results from a switch trial in patients with schizophrenia

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Awad, George ^a,b   Hassan, Mariam ^c   Loebel, Antony ^c   Hsu, Jay ^c   Pikalov, Andrei ^c   Rajagopalan, Krithika ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HUMBER RIVER REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SUNOVION PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipsychotic; Health related quality of life; Lurasidone; PETiT; SF 12

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOTHIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; ISOINDOLE DERIVATIVE; LURASIDONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; QUETIAPINE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RISPERIDONE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ZIPRASIDONE;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; DIBENZOTHIAZEPINES; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOINDOLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PIPERAZINES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUINOLONES; RISPERIDONE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THIAZOLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894595825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-53     Document Type: Article

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