The Canadian National Outcomes Measurement Study in Schizophrenia: Overview of the patient sample and methodology Article

Smith, G, Malla, A, Williams, R et al. (2006). The Canadian National Outcomes Measurement Study in Schizophrenia: Overview of the patient sample and methodology . Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 113(SUPPL. 430), 4-11. 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2006.00756.x

cited authors

  • Smith, G; Malla, A; Williams, R; Kopala, L; Love, L; Balshaw, R

abstract

  • Objective: The Canadian National Outcomes Measurement Study in Schizophrenia (CNOMSS) is a prospective survey of routine clinical practice. Method: Patients with schizophrenia or a related disorder were consecutively enrolled from all regions of Canada. Both academic and community psychiatric clinics were included and patients were followed up for 2 years. Clinical and functional status, quality of life, medication and economic costs were assessed at enrollment and monitored throughout the follow-up period. Results: Patients attending an academic clinic tended to be younger and more severely ill than those from community clinics. Both types of sites prescribed atypical neuroleptics to more than three-quarters of the patients. The majority of those enrolled were unemployed and living in poverty. Poor clinical status was associated with poverty. Conclusion: The CNOMSS provides demographic, clinical and treatment-related information about a large Canada-wide sample of psychiatric patients. The following three articles in this issue of Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica explore issues related to medication, quality of life and resource utilization. Copyright © Blackwell Munksgaard 2006.

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publication date

  • January 1, 2006

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start page

  • 4

end page

  • 11

volume

  • 113

issue

  • SUPPL. 430