Quality of life in unipolar and bipolar depression: Are there significant differences?

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作者
Berlim, MT
Pargendler, J
Caldieraro, MA
Almeida, EA
Fleck, MPA
Joiner, TE
机构
[1] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Dept Psychiat & Forens Med, BR-90040370 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
[2] HCPA, Mood Disorders Program, PROTHUM, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
[3] Florida State Univ, Dept Psychol, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA
关键词
assessment; quality of life; major depression; bipolar disorder;
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10.1097/01.nmd.0000144700.97769.06
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
In the present investigation, we compared the impact of illness on quality of life (QOL) in adult outpatients with unipolar (N = 89) and bipolar (N = 25) depression. While attending a university hospital in southern Brazil, patients completed the WHO's QOL Instrument-Short Version and the Beck Depression Inventory. After analyses, patients with bipolar depression reported significantly lower scores on the psychological QOL domain (p = .013) than patients with unipolar depression. There were no significant differences between the study groups in terms of social and demographic variables, in the other QOL domains assessed (i.e., physical health, social relationships, and environmental), and in the severity of depressive symptoms. In conclusion, our findings suggest that patients with bipolar and unipolar depressions have different QOL profiles, and that this difference is probably independent of the severity of the mood disturbance and might be related to the higher rates of suicide observed in the bipolar population.
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