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Determinants of subjective quality of life among people with mental health and/or substance abuse disorders in CT: A 5-year cross-sectional study


Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Hsiu-Ju Lin, Ph.D., School of Social Work, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT
Kristen Miller, Ph.D., Evaluation, Quality Management and Improvement Division, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Hartford, CT
Karin Haberlin, M.A., Evaluation, Quality Management, & Improvement Division, CT Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services, Hartford, CT
James Siemianowski, MSW, LCS, Evaluation, Quality Management, & Improvement Division, CT Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services, Hartford, CT
Joshua Pierce, B.A., School of Social Work, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT
Purpose: This 5-year cross-sectional study used a representative sample (n = 15,293) gathered from 2010 to 2014 to identify demographic, clinical, and physical health (e.g., body mass index) factors associated with quality of life (QoL) among people who received mental health or/and substance abuse services from Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (CT DMHAS).

Methods:QoL was measured using World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF (Skevington SM, Lotfy M, O'Connell KA; WHOQOL Group, 2004), which is a 26 question tool developed by the WHO, and measures quality of life in the following domains: physical, psychological, social relationships, and environment.

Findings: Multiple regression analysis revealed that age, gender, race, type of services received, and body mass index are significant predictors for QoL among MH and SA disordered populations in CT. The study also found that those factors and their relationship with quality of life remain stable over time.

Implications: To our knowledge, this is the largest WHOQOL-BREF study of people with MH and SA disorders. Based on our findings, we suggest employing routine QoL assessments to develop a more comprehensive understanding of the factors that influence QoL for MH and SA population.

Learning Areas:

Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
describe the standardized scores for the four domains of QoL and the overall QoL score as measured by WHOQOL-BREF among people with mental health and/or substance abuse disorders. identify the demographic and clinical factors associated with better quality of life for MH and SA populations. discuss the findings and apply to areas that could be influence to enhance the QoL among people with MH and SA disorders.

Keyword(s): Mental Health, Quality of Life

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been the principal, co-principal investigator, and principal data analyst of multiple federally and state funded grants focusing on the population of mental health and/or substance abuse disorders with criminal justice involvement. I am specializes in research design for clinical randomized or quasi-experiments, longitudinal data analysis, multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling, criminal justice involved population, substance abuse, mental health, and health psychology studies.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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