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1999; Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany); Volume: 67; Issue: 09 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1055/s-2007-994991

1439-3522

W Kaiser, M Isermann, K Hoffmann, Peter Huxley, Stefan Priebe,

Mental Health Treatment and Access

The concurrent validity between the Berliner Lebensqualitatsprofil (BELP) and a new developed short form (BELP-KF) was tested in a sample of schizophrenia outpatients (N = 36) and turned out to be very high. The restriction to subjective quality of life questions did not lead to a greater halo-effect in the sense of an increasing similarity of single item values. Correlations with psychopathalogical symptoms were almost identical for both interview-versions. The same is true concerning the factorial structure of the satisfaction items which was nearly congruent. Two optional items on satisfaction with sexual life and with psychopharmacological treatment, which had been included into the short interview version, were attributable to an underlying general satisfaction dimension. Among 14 variables satisfaction with psychopharmalogical treatment had the second highest factor-loading on the resulting general satisfaction factor.