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Abstract Mental illnesses are pervasive disorders, potentially affecting many aspects of person’s life including activities of dai ly living, social skills, social supports, work skills, life satisfaction, use of leisure time, physical health care, personal safety, family relationships and burden on family members. Clients with psychotic disorders had significantly worse functioning and well-being than those without psychotic disorders on all health related quality of life domains. This study aimed to assess the quality of life among psychotic outpatients and identifY the factors affecting their QOL. The study setting was in the psychiatric outpatient clinics of EL-Mobarrah Health Insurance Hospital and El-Nasr General Governmental Hospital in Port Said City, on a total sample of 96 psychotic patients. Results revealed that, most of the psychotic patients have repo11ed poor qual ity of life. it was observed that the income, crowding index, co-morbid disease, diagnosis, patients progress, opinion about importance of compliance and presence of side affects significantly effects the quality of life dimensions for psychotic patients. |