[Evaluation of health-related quality of life in hospitalized schizophrenics].

Health related quality of life was evaluated in 40 schizophrenics from day hospital at admission, during the treatment and after 8 weeks. In contrast to the psychopathology which significantly decreased after 4 weeks already, the improvement of quality of life was found to be significant only at the discharge from day hospital. The quality of life did not correlate with the severity of schizophrenic symptoms. The older and more frequently hospitalized patients were, the less favorably they evaluated the quality of life. Patients professionally disabled were also less pleased with their quality of life. All quality of life domains improved after treatment with the exception of physical functioning and reported health transition. Physical functioning, role-physical, general health and mental health correlated inversely with severity of schizophrenia after treatment. There was no correlation between clinical improvement after treatment and quality of life domains. The higher was the patients' educational level the better they evaluated their vitality, social functioning and reported health transition.