Affiliation:
1. Department of Practical Psychology and Social Work, Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National
University, Kyiv, Ukraine
2. Department of Psychology and Pedagogy, Kyiv International University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Abstract
Background:
Psychosis and neuroses are characterized by a state of mental imbalance
and disturbances in thinking processes and have a significant impact on the lives
of patients and their close environment. The article aims to study the assessment of the
quality of life of people suffering from neurosis and psychosis using the Manchester Quality
of Life Questionnaire, with components assessed using a seven-point Likert scale.
Methods:
The study was conducted using sociological methods, such as questionnaire surveys.
The study involved 519 people aged 18 and over, of whom 369 were diagnosed with
neurosis (183 men and 186 women) and 150 with psychosis (75 women and 75 men). The
survey participants came from Ukraine (223), Poland (80), Lithuania (41), the Czech Republic
(66), and Slovakia (71). The socio-demographic indicators of the respondents and
their subjective assessment of the quality of life are studied. Patients diagnosed with psychosis
rate their quality of life worse (3.74-1.35) than patients diagnosed with neurosis
(4.33-2.11).
Results:
The absence of influence of various socio-demographic indicators on the assessment
of quality of life in those patients who were diagnosed with “neurosis” and the presence
of such differences between some indicators in those patients who were diagnosed
with “psychosis” were investigated. Patients diagnosed with neurosis were more likely to
have higher education and employed than patients diagnosed with psychosis, have better
living conditions, and were more likely to seek treatment voluntarily. However, the possibility
of worsening symptoms in those patients who were diagnosed with neurosis should
not be ruled out, and exacerbations should be prevented.
Conclusion:
Awareness and conscious treatment of patients is important to improve their
symptoms and quality of life. Employment opportunities for patients with diagnoses
should be explored to improve their quality of life and possibly improve their symptoms.
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.