Subjectively different but objectively the same? Three profiles of QoL in people with severe mental health problems.
David C BuitenwegIlja L BongersDike van de MheenHans A M van OersChijs van NieuwenhuizenPublished in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2018)
The identification of three distinct classes of QoL scores re-emphasises the heterogenic nature of QoL. The lack of differences in sociodemographic or health-related characteristics between the three classes suggests that QoL is primarily determined by subjective, personal evaluations, rather than by objective characteristics and circumstances.