Perception of quality of life and social adjustment of patients with recurrent depression
Introduction: Depression is the most commonly present psychiatric entity in clinical practice, accompanied by significant impairment of both social and professional functioning. In addition, depression frequently develops as complication of other psychiatric disorders and various somatic diseases. O...
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doaj-2e5eb02a931643aaa4b6088bb95390202021-01-02T00:56:09ZengSerbian Medical SocietySrpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo0370-81792006-01-011349-1036937410.2298/SARH0610369SPerception of quality of life and social adjustment of patients with recurrent depressionStanković ŽanaNikolić-Balkoski GordanaLeposavić LjubicaPopović LjiljanaIntroduction: Depression is the most commonly present psychiatric entity in clinical practice, accompanied by significant impairment of both social and professional functioning. In addition, depression frequently develops as complication of other psychiatric disorders and various somatic diseases. Objective: To investigate subjective perception of quality of life and social adjustment, severity of depressive symptoms as well as level of correlation of severity of depressive symptoms and quality of life and social adjustment of patients with recurrent depression in comparison to the group of patients with diabetes and healthy subjects. Method: The study included 45 subjects of both sexes, ranging from 18 to 60 years of age, divided in three groups of 15 subjects each. The experimental group comprised the patients diagnosed with recurrent depression in remission (DSM-IV), one control group was consisted of patients diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes mellitus and another one comprised healthy subjects. The instruments of assessment were: The Beck Depression Inventory- BDI, The Social Adaptation Self -evaluation scale - SASS, The Psychological General Well-Being Scale - WBQ. Results: Significant difference of both BDI and WBQ scales was found between the experimental and the control group of healthy subjects (ANOVA, Mann Whitney; p≤0.01), as well as between two control groups (p≤0.02). The level of inverse correlation of mean score values of BDI and SASS scales was significant in the control group of patients with diabetes while such levels of BDI and WBQ scales (Spearman correlation coefficient, p<0.01) were found in all groups of our study. Conclusion: In the group of patients with recurrent depression, significant decline of quality of life and significantly higher severity of depressive symptoms were present in comparison to the group of healthy subjects as well as significant level of inverse correlation of severity of depressive symptoms and quality of life. http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2006/0370-81790610369S.pdfquality of lifesocial adjustmentrecurrent depressionresidual symptomsdiabetes |
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Stanković Žana Nikolić-Balkoski Gordana Leposavić Ljubica Popović Ljiljana Perception of quality of life and social adjustment of patients with recurrent depression Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo quality of life social adjustment recurrent depression residual symptoms diabetes |
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Stanković Žana Nikolić-Balkoski Gordana Leposavić Ljubica Popović Ljiljana |
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Perception of quality of life and social adjustment of patients with recurrent depression |
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Perception of quality of life and social adjustment of patients with recurrent depression |
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Perception of quality of life and social adjustment of patients with recurrent depression |
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Perception of quality of life and social adjustment of patients with recurrent depression |
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Perception of quality of life and social adjustment of patients with recurrent depression |
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perception of quality of life and social adjustment of patients with recurrent depression |
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Serbian Medical Society |
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Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo |
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Introduction: Depression is the most commonly present psychiatric entity in clinical practice, accompanied by significant impairment of both social and professional functioning. In addition, depression frequently develops as complication of other psychiatric disorders and various somatic diseases. Objective: To investigate subjective perception of quality of life and social adjustment, severity of depressive symptoms as well as level of correlation of severity of depressive symptoms and quality of life and social adjustment of patients with recurrent depression in comparison to the group of patients with diabetes and healthy subjects. Method: The study included 45 subjects of both sexes, ranging from 18 to 60 years of age, divided in three groups of 15 subjects each. The experimental group comprised the patients diagnosed with recurrent depression in remission (DSM-IV), one control group was consisted of patients diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes mellitus and another one comprised healthy subjects. The instruments of assessment were: The Beck Depression Inventory- BDI, The Social Adaptation Self -evaluation scale - SASS, The Psychological General Well-Being Scale - WBQ. Results: Significant difference of both BDI and WBQ scales was found between the experimental and the control group of healthy subjects (ANOVA, Mann Whitney; p≤0.01), as well as between two control groups (p≤0.02). The level of inverse correlation of mean score values of BDI and SASS scales was significant in the control group of patients with diabetes while such levels of BDI and WBQ scales (Spearman correlation coefficient, p<0.01) were found in all groups of our study. Conclusion: In the group of patients with recurrent depression, significant decline of quality of life and significantly higher severity of depressive symptoms were present in comparison to the group of healthy subjects as well as significant level of inverse correlation of severity of depressive symptoms and quality of life. |
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