Correlation Between Depression/Anxiety Symptom Severity and Quality of Life in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder or Bipolar Disorder

Psychiatric disorders have a negative impact on quality of life (QOL) although their magnitudes of impact on QOL are different (Rapaport et  al., 2005; Schechter et al., 2007; Rubio et al., 2013). Cross sectional assessments of patients in the National Epidemiological Study on Alcohol Related Conditions found that major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and bipolar disorder (BP) had the largest negative i mpact on QOL (Rubio et al., 2013). Some previous studies have shown that in symptomatic patients with bipolar I (BPI), bipolar II (BPII), or MDD, depression symptom severity was associated with poor QOL and poor functioning (Gyulai et al., 2008; Marangell et al., 2009; Sylvia et al., 2017; Rapa port et al., 2005; Jha et al., 2014; Ishak et al., 2015).
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research