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Gender and Treatment Comparisons in a Cohort Of Patients with Psychiatric Diagnoses

Our purpose in this study was to make group comparisons of the Swedish psychiatric patient cohort called Quality Star. The present study included 1,376 patients, 753 men and 623 women, recruited from 9 outpatient clinics over the space of 6 years. All participants had serious mental illnesses, of wh...

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Published in:Social behavior and personality 2011-09, Vol.39 (8), p.1073-1086
Main Authors: Nordén, Tommy, Ivarsson, Bo, Malm, Ulf, Norlander, Torsten
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Language:English
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Summary:Our purpose in this study was to make group comparisons of the Swedish psychiatric patient cohort called Quality Star. The present study included 1,376 patients, 753 men and 623 women, recruited from 9 outpatient clinics over the space of 6 years. All participants had serious mental illnesses, of which patients with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder were the majority. The 4 aspects studied were consumer satisfaction, life quality, social function, and symptoms. The study had 2 main outcomes: (a) women were more satisfied with the health care and had better functioning than men, (b) patients treated according to the Integrated Care Program had better functioning and less severe symptoms than other patients. The differences between diagnosis groups were as expected.
ISSN:0301-2212
1179-6391
1179-6391
DOI:10.2224/sbp.2011.39.8.1073