Quality of life of people with schizophrenia compared to controls: A case-control study

Abstract Objective: purpose of this study was to compare the quality of life of people with schizophrenia to healthy controls. Results: the present study demonstrated that respondents with schizophrenia have significantly lower scores in Physical component summary ( U=70.5, z=-8.695, p<..001, r=-.734 ), mental component summary ( U=79.0,z= -8.634 p<.001, r=-.730 ), Physical functioning ( U=310, z-9.553, p<.001, r=-.808 ), Role Physical ( U=419, z=-8.975, p<.001, r=-.759 ), Body pain ( U=1395.5, z=-3.501, p<.001, r=-.296 ), General health ( U=320,z=-7.514, p<.001, r=-.635 ), Vitality ( U=353, z=-7.398, p=.001, r=-.625 ), Social functioning ( U=213.5, z=-9.398, p<.001, r=-.794 ), Role emotion ( U=144.5, z=-985, p<.001, r=-.844 ) and Mental health ( U=178, z=-8.199, p<.001, r=-.693 ) compared with healthy controls. Key words: Quality of life, Schizophrenia, Controls, Case-Control