Study

Publication
Author(s)	Evans, S.; Banerjee, S.; Huxley, P.J.; Leese, M.
Title	The Impact of Mental Illness on Quality of Life: A Comparison of Severe Mental Illness, Common Mental Disorder and Healthy Population Samples.
Source	Quality of Life Research, 2007, Vol. 16, 17 - 29
DOI	DOI:10.1007/s11136-006-9002-6
Investigation
Public	Mental patients and controls, followed 2 years, UK 1994-2001
	a) Patients of mental hospital, b) community residence with common mental dosorder, c) healthy population.
Last assesment	1996
	Mental patients (a) followed from 1994 (T1) to1996 (T2). Community residents (b+c) interviewed in 1999(T1) and 2001(T2)
Survey name	Not available
	a) UK 700 trial of case management, b+c postal survey
Sample	Mixed samples
	a: Severe mental illness(SMI) : Patients of mental hospital, aged 18-65, diagnosed psychotic of at least 2 years duration, hospitalized at least 2 times, at least one of which prior to recruitement. b: Common mental disorder ( CMD) 18+ aged community residents, participants in postal survey, scoring high on GQH-12 questionnaire. c: Healthy population: 18+ aged community residents, participants in postal survey, scoring low on GQH-12 questionnaire
Respondents N =	149
	Severe mental illness (SMI) T1:149, T2:138. Commen mental disorder (CMD) T1: 794, T2 345. Healthy population T1: 1119 T2: 583
Non Response	94%
Assesment	Interview: face-to-face
Happiness measure(s) used

Full text	Selfreport on single question, asked twice in interview: How do you feel about your life as a whole......? 7 could not be better 6 5 4 3 2 1 could not be worse Summation: arithmetic mean Name: Andrews & Withey's "Delighted-Terrible Scale" (original version). Also known as Lehman's 'Global life satisfaction'
Classification	O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-b
Author's label	general life-quality
Page in publication	17-29
Finding used in nation ranks	Yes

Author's label	Subject Code Finding	Subject description
Age	A04ab	Current age (in years)
At least monthy family contact	F03ab02	Contacts with relatives
Depressed (vs not depressed)	H13ac04a	Depressive (f31-33)
Family oppertunities restricted	F03ab02	Contacts with relatives
Financial opportunities restricted	I01ac01	`objective` poverty
Health opportunities restricted	H14ac01	Degree of restriction
Home owner cf not a home owner	H22ab01a	House owned or rented
Income	I01ab	Current income level (unspecified)
Living situation opportunities restricted	R13ab	Current resources
Married vs not married	M02aa	Married state (compared to non-married states)
Mental health	H04ab02	Actual changes in happiness
Mental health	H06ab	Change in conditions for happiness, also classified as above ↑
Mental health	H13ab	Current general mental health , also classified as above ↑
Mental health	H16ab04b	In mental hospital, also classified as above ↑
Mental health	I02ab03	Living in a mental hospital, also classified as above ↑
Mental health	E03ae01	Trend behavioral correlates of happiness, also classified as above ↑
Mental health consulted	H13ab02b	Scores on symptom inventories
positive vsnegative disposition	P05ci	Positive reacting
Restrictions	R13ab	Current resources
Safety opppertunities restricted	L17ab02b	Satisfaction with safety in vinicity
Time	T01ab03	Perceived time-pressure