The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease · 2004 · 47 citations · 20 references
NursingPsychiatryPsychologyHealth AssessmentPsychiatric AssessmentPsychometricsClinical Outcome AssessmentInsight AssessmentMental HealthPsychosis AssessmentQuality Of LifeQuality Of Life AssessmentAssessmentsInsight ImpairmentInsight In PsychosisPsychiatric Rating ScalesQuality Of Life EndpointsSelf-report MeasurementSelf-report QuestionnairesSelf-report Scales
There is enduring debate about the validity of subjective measures of quality of life derived from people with psychiatric disorders and particularly from those with psychosis. We evaluated patients with established psychosis 4 years after their first episode. We compared subjective and objective measures of quality of life and evaluated the influence of insight on the individual's interpretation of their quality of life. Subjective measures of quality of life were derived using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale-Brief Version, and objective measures of quality of life were derived using the Quality of Life Scale by Heinrichs et al. We measured Insight using the Insight Scale. There were robust correlations between subjective and objective assessments of quality of life. This was most marked for psychological symptoms. Self-report measures are valid and should form part of the overall assessment of quality of life among patients with psychotic disorders.
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A self‐report Insight Scale for psychosis: reliability, validity and sensitivity to change
Max Birchwood, Jo Smith, Val Drury et al. · Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica · 1994 · 676 citations
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