Table 2 Number of persons rating QoL-aspects rated as “very important” both for schizophrenic and mentally healthy persons, ordered according to schizophrenic persons’ ranking (first 20 items)
From: QLiS – development of a schizophrenia-specific quality-of-life scale
Schizophrenic persons | Mentally health persons | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | % rated “very important” | Rank | % rated “very important” | |
health | 1 | 56 (75%) | 1 | 58 (87%) |
not being homeless | 2 | 51 (68%) | 24 | 42 (63%) |
mental health | 3 | 51 (68%) | 4 | 54 (81%) |
physical health | 4 | 48 (64%) | 2 | 57 (85%) |
feeling well | 5 | 47 (63%) | 15 | 47 (70%) |
having vitality to live | 6 | 47 (63%) | 23 | 43 (64%) |
feeling safe/feeling home | 7 | 46 (61%) | 10 | 50 (75%) |
being on the right medication | 8 | 46 (61%) | 97 | 12 (18%) |
no living in fear | 9 | 46 (61%) | 25 | 40 (60%) |
fulfilled, good life | 10 | 45 (60%) | 19.5 | 45 (67%) |
harmony within the family | 11 | 45 (60%) | 6 | 52 (78%) |
being mentally lucid | 12 | 44 (59%) | 11 | 49 (73%) |
experiencing few or no side effects of medication | 13 | 44 (59%) | 74 | 19 (28%) |
satisfaction | 14 | 43 (57%) | 9 | 50 (75%) |
an environment in which one can feel good | 15 | 42 (56%) | 21.5 | 43 (64%) |
having a place to retreat to | 16 | 41 (55%) | 26 | 40 (60%) |
love | 17 | 41 (55%) | 3 | 54 (81%) |
having enough to eat and to drink | 18 | 40 (53%) | 53 | 27 (40%) |
having a housing in which one can feel good | 19 | 40 (53%) | 31 | 37 (55%) |
freedom | 20 | 40 (53%) | 21.5 | 43 (64%) |