Assessment of quality of life among patients with schizophrenia receiving treatment in some selected Hospitals in Jigawa state, Nigeria

Schizophrenia is among the most common psychiatric disorders, affecting approximately 1% of the world’s population  and is a leading cause of disability, Lifetime prevalence of schizophrenia is high, ranging from 0.4 to 1.4%, due to the early age of onset and chronic course of the disease (Beck et al., 2014). Study aimed at assessing quality of life among the schizophrenic patients receiving treatment from selected hospitals in Jigawa State. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was applied.  A multi-stage sampling technique was used to recruited 399 schizophrenic patients, after which an interviewer administered structured questionnaire was used to collect data. SPSS version 24 was used for data analysis the mean and standard deviation of age of the respondents was 42.3± 11.2. Only one third of study participants had good quality of life and educational status of secondary (AOR=2.01,95%CI=1.76 – 11.75) and tertiary (AOR=4.00,95%CI=2.87 – 18.66), being married (AOR=3.00, 95%CI=1.45 – 17.61), cost of treatment (AOR=4.22, 95%CI= (2.14 – 24.33), non-smoking (AOR=3.25, 95%CI= 1.11 – 31.45) remained significant predictors of good quality of life among the study participants. In conclusion After adjusting for the confounding effects using logistic regression analysis; educational status of secondary (AOR=2.01,95%CI=1.76 – 11.75) and tertiary (AOR=4.00,95%CI=2.87 – 18.66), married participants (AOR=3.00, 95%CI=1.45 – 17.61), cost of treatment (AOR=4.22, 95%CI=(2.14 – 24.33), non-smoking (AOR=3.25, 95%CI= 1.11 – 31.45)  and drugs and substance abuse (AOR=3.00, 95%CI=1.45 – 18.75)   remained significant predictors of good quality of life among the study participants.