Quality of life in schizophrenia: A grounded theory approach

Table 1 Participant characteristics

Patient no.	1	2	3	4	5	6
Status	I/P	I/P	comm.	comm.	comm.	comm.
Gender	male	female	female	female	male	male
Age	30	24	42	20	55	30
Duration of illness	7 yrs	2 yrs	13 yrs	2 yrs	38 yrs	10 yrs
No. of episodes	5	2	3	2	i/n	4
Employment	unemp.	unemp.	seasonal	voluntary	unemp.	unemp.
Accommodation	rented	rented	owner	parents home	partners home	parents home
Living status	alone	alone	spouse	family	partner	parents
Education	secondary	1^st degree	1^st degree	vocational	vocational	1^st degree

I/P = inpatient, comm. = living in the community, i/n = incomplete notes, unemp. = unemployed.

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