The relationship between functional recovery and quality of life in patients affected by schizophrenia and treated at a community mental health center in Turkey.

SCHIZOPHRENIA treatment; CONFIDENCE intervals; CONVALESCENCE; STATISTICAL correlation; INTERVIEWING; LIFE skills; SCIENTIFIC observation; HEALTH outcome assessment; QUESTIONNAIRES; MULTIPLE regression analysis; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics

Purpose: The study was conducted to determine the levels of functional recovery and quality of life (QOL) among a group of patients suffering from schizophrenia treated at a Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) and to evaluate the relationship between these two treatment outcomes. Design and Methods: This observational study was implemented among 132 patients affected by schizophrenia treated at a CMHC in Turkey. Findings: A statistically significant positive correlation was found between the general and subscale mean scores of the functional remission of general schizophrenia scale and the mean score of all domains of the World Health Organization QOL (r = 0.63‐0.33; P <.001). Practice implications: QOL increases as the functional recovery levels increase. Nursing practices should be planned to improve functional recovery levels of patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]