Perception par les sujets schizophrènes de la vie quotidienne : analyse de contenu du discours des patients sur les domaines d’une échelle de qualité de vie

Abstract

The validation of a questionnaire of subjective quality of life was used as pretext to question the way in which various fields of the everyday life were understood by schizophrenic subjects and nursing team members. Content analysis allowed the development of logico-semantic categories shared by the two populations and likely to give body to the subjacent social representations. Patients were asked to comment on the different items of the SQUALA. Patients' and nurses' answers for each item were grouped and the analysis was conducted on this corpus. For each item, the different points of view were summarised into categories of signification. The results are presented item by item. The most important points are the followings: perceived health, physical autonomy, mental well-being and safety are linked to social and relational aspect of patients' life. Abstract concepts could be questioned among schizophrenic patients. It was possible to establish coherent categories. The analysis of certain unclassifiable statements makes it possible to specify phenomenological aspects of the schizophrenic experience. Methodological limitations of this study are essentially due to content analysis methodology (standardisation of answers, choice of categories) and to the characteristics of the populations selected.