Rudolf & Priebe (1999): study DE 1994

Publication

Author(s):

Rudolf, H.; Priebe, S.

Title:

Subjective Quality of Life in Female In-Patients with a Depression: a Longitudinal Study.

Source:

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 1999, Vol.45, 238 - 247

Investigation

Public

Female mental patients, Berlin, followed 6 month,199?

Sample

Non-probability chunk sample

Respondents

N = 185

Non Response

drop out at T2: 33%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

How do you feel about your life as a whole?
7  delighted
6  very pleased
5  pleased
4  mixed feelings
3  mostly dissatisfied
2  unhappy
1  terrible

Classification:

O-DT-u-sq-v-7-c

Author's label:

Subjective Quality of Life

Page in publication:

238-247

Error estimates:

retest stability over 6 month among 28 depressives: r = +.54 p<.01

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10

Mean:

2.80 -

SD:

1.50 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding diagnostic group Current specific mental disorders (icd-10 classification)
Depressive (f31-33)
Schizophrenic (f20)
Alcoholic (f10) Change in quality of life Actual changes in happiness
In mental hospital