Correlation of Health-Related Quality of Life in Clinically Stable Outpatients with Schizophrenia.

Background: Generic health-related quality of life (HRQoL) scales are increasingly being used to assess the effects of new treatments in schizophrenia. The objective of this study is to better understand the usefulness of generic and condition specific HRQoL scales in schizophrenia by analyzing their correlates.

Methods: Data formed part of the Pattern study, an international observational study among 1379 outpatients with schizophrenia.