Psychiatric symptoms and quality of life in older adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorder: results from a multicenter study

• Published in: European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience Vol. 270; no. 6; pp. 673 - 688
• Main Authors: Hoertel, Nicolas, Rotenberg, Léa, Blanco, Carlos, Pascal de Raykeer, Rachel, Hanon, Cécile, Kaladjian, Arthur, Limosin, Frédéric
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.09.2020; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Cognitive ability; Emotional behavior; Geriatric psychiatry; Hallucinations; Human health and pathology; Life Sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental disorders; Neurosciences; Older people; Original Paper; Psychiatry; Psychopathology; Quality of life; Schizophrenia; Structural equation modeling; Therapeutic applications; Schizophrenia; Schizoaffective disorder; Psychopathology; Structural equation modeling; Older adults; Quality of life

The severity of psychopathology has a strong negative impact on quality of life (QoL) among older adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorder. However, because these subjects generally experience multiple psychiatric symptoms, it remains unclear whether decreased QoL in this population is due to spe...