Table 1.

QoL domains and number of codes and coded statements within each domain (in brackets)

Positive QoL domains	Negative QoL domains
physical and mental health (7;142)	physical and mental illness (17;364)
including not living in fear, healthy lifestyle, having vitality to live	including suffering from treatment consequences/symptoms/chronic state of disorder, having an addiction
work/education (10;165)	deficits in work life/work functioning (12;89)
including enjoyable work, work matching ones capabilities, getting money for work	including being unemployed, excessive work demands, conflicts at the work place, bad pay
oral needs* (6;291)	deprivation of oral needs (5;46)
including food, coffee, alcohol, smoking	including bad food, not being allowed to smoke
family (6;199)	disturbed family situation (4;52)
including having contact with ones’ family, parents, own children	including conflicts within family, lack of contact, not being able to care for ones’ family
social relationships (16;265)	tensions in social contacts (13;216)
including attention and thoughtfulness, friends, positive relations to other patients	including tensions with others, selfish behaviours of others, loneliness, excessive social demands, commiseration with others, social injustice
partnership/sexuality (3;112)	problems with partner/spouse (3;35)
including contact with spouse, sexual contacts	problems with partner, being separated from partner, having no partner
spare time activities (19;481)	stigma/rejection by environment (4;47)
comprising a large number of different activities	not being taken seriously, stigma due to outward appearance, being misunderstood
(social-) psychiatry setting (10;91)	suffering related to (social-) psychiatric setting (8;128)
including aspects of medical treatment, sociotherapy, good care, fewer restrictions due to setting	including feeling imprisoned, restrictions and disturbances due to setting, poor-quality care
ideas of how to lead a good life (11;170)	restrictions on personal way of live (6;73)
including living like normal people, freedom, routine in life, having future prospects	including worries about future, not being able to cope/inability to live life according to one’s beliefs, restrictions on freedom, dependence
housing/living environment (10;117)	poor housing/living environment (8;71)
including cleanliness of living environment, safe environment, living independently, having a place to retreat to	including lack of privacy, hectic pace, noise, untidiness/lack of hygiene
emotional well-being (9;158)	lack of emotional well-being (5;35)
including satisfaction, happiness, love, relaxation, calmness	including unhappiness, bad temper, lack of well-being
mental lucidity (4;26)	difficulties in daily living (3;46)
learning new things, being creative, societal/political interests	including boredom/monotony, fears/insecurities in daily activities, lack of personal hygiene
standard of living (10;182)	deficient material/social security (5;87)
including money, financial security, wearing normal clothes, having enough to eat and drink, not being homeless	including poverty, lack of money, being homeless, lack of food, lack of social security
nature (3;44)	aggression/violence (4;65)
clean natural environment, good weather	physical violence, aggression within psychiatric settings, own aggression
hygiene and appearance (2;28)	deficient self esteem (2;36)
personal hygiene, a good outward appearance	including poor physical appearance
faith/religion (1;32)	general statements of deficient quality of life (1;21)

*basic needs related to eating, drinking & smoking.