Quality of life and its influencing factors in patients with schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disease. With the change of medical model, quality of life has gradually become an important prognostic indicator for patients with schizophrenia. People with schizophrenia have a lower quality of life than the general population or people with other chronic diseases, Sociodemographic factors such as age, gender, employment, education level, income and living situation; clinical factors such as psychiatric symptoms, medication compliance and insight; and psychosocial factors such as social support, cognition, stigma, self-esteem and needs are the main influencing factors for schizophrenia patients. Medication and psychological interventions such as social skills training, family intervention, cognitive correction and cognitive behavioral therapy can be used to improve the quality of life of patients with schizophrenia. Understanding the factors affecting the quality of life of schizophrenia patients and the improvement measures helps to provide reference for improving their quality of life.