<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Depression is a disease of great social and medical importance. Quality of life can correlate with severity of manifested depression. The aim of our study was to determine whether people with unipolar depression have a poorer quality of life than healthy individuals, in what areas they have poorer quality of life and how socio-demographic characteristics and different therapies impact quality of life.The survey was conducted among 110 subjects, of which 55 were patients diagnosed with depression using ICD-10 criteria at the Psychiatric Clinic in Kragujevac and 55 were healthy subjects. Quality of life was evaluated by The Quality of Life Questionnaire compiled by the WHO. Quality of life was compared between the two groups and within research groups, depending on the applied therapy.There were statistically significant differences in quality of life between the groups: physical health - 49.64 versus 70.84, p=0.000; psychological health - 38.69 versus 69.85, p=0.000; social relations - 53.73 versus 64.89, p=0.004; living conditions - 54.58 versus 66.7, p=0.000, and in overall quality of life - 75.41 versus 96.00, p=0.000.The results showed that there was no statistically significant difference in quality of life between applied therapies.The overall quality of life of depressed patients did not depend on marital status or gender of the respondents.Depressed patients generally have a low quality of life in all domains and in overall quality of life. To improve of mental health, oOne of the primary goals to improve mental health should be to improve quality of life among depressed patients.</abstract>

Depression is a disease of great social and medical importance. Quality of life can correlate with severity of manifested depression. The aim of our study was to determine whether people with unipolar depression have a poorer quality of life than healthy individuals, in what areas they have poorer quality of life and how socio-demographic characteristics and different therapies impact quality of life.The survey was conducted among 110 subjects, of which 55 were patients diagnosed with depression using ICD-10 criteria at the Psychiatric Clinic in Kragujevac and 55 were healthy subjects. Quality of life was evaluated by The Quality of Life Questionnaire compiled by the WHO. Quality of life was compared between the two groups and within research groups, depending on the applied therapy.There were statistically significant differences in quality of life between the groups: physical health - 49.64 versus 70.84, p=0.000; psychological health - 38.69 versus 69.85, p=0.000; social relations - 53.73 versus 64.89, p=0.004; living conditions - 54.58 versus 66.7, p=0.000, and in overall quality of life - 75.41 versus 96.00, p=0.000.The results showed that there was no statistically significant difference in quality of life between applied therapies.The overall quality of life of depressed patients did not depend on marital status or gender of the respondents.Depressed patients generally have a low quality of life in all domains and in overall quality of life. To improve of mental health, oOne of the primary goals to improve mental health should be to improve quality of life among depressed patients.

Quality Of Life Among Patients With Depression

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia

Experimental and Applied Biomedical Research (EABR)

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Depression is a disease of great social and medical importance. Quality of life can correlate with severity of manifested depression. The aim of our study was...

Quality Of Life Among Patients With Depression

Published Online: Jun 27, 2015

Page range: 151 - 156

Received: Nov 06, 2014

Accepted: Jan 26, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjecr-2015-0020

Keywords
quality of life, depression, antidepressant therapy

© Sandra Matovic et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Quality Of Life Among Patients With Depression

Published Online: Jun 27, 2015

Page range: 151 - 156

Received: Nov 06, 2014

Accepted: Jan 26, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjecr-2015-0020

Keywordsquality of life, depression, antidepressant therapy

© Sandra Matovic et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
quality of life, depression, antidepressant therapy