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Quality of life of Turkish patients with depression in Ankara and in Berlin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

D. Iren Akbiyik ,
O.E. Berksun ,
V. Sumbuloglu ,
V. Sentürk  and
S. Priebe
D. Iren Akbiyik*
Affiliation:
Ankara Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Ankara, Turkey
O.E. Berksun
Affiliation:
Ankara University, Department of Psychiatry, Ankara, Turkey
V. Sumbuloglu
Affiliation:
Karaelmas University, Department of Biostatistics, Zonguldak, Turkey
V. Sentürk
Affiliation:
Ankara University, Department of Psychiatry, Turkey
S. Priebe
Affiliation:
Social & Community Psychiatry, Newham Centre for Mental Health, London, UK
*
⁎Corresponding author. E-mail: deryaakbiyik@yahoo.com (D. Iren Akbiyik).
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Abstract

Background and Objectives

Quality of life (QOL) of immigrant groups with mental disorders should be compared with similar patients in the country of origin. Therefore, this study evaluated the QOL in Turkish patients who were in treatment because of depressive disorders in Ankara and Berlin.

Subjects and Methods

Patients with depressive disorders were recruited from services in Ankara and Berlin. The same researcher interviewed all patients and assessed socio-demographic characteristics, symptomatology, psychiatric diagnosis and QOL.

Results

QOL of patients in Ankara was significantly higher than that of patients in Berlin. Satisfaction with specific life domains also showed significant differences between the two groups. Factors positively associated with QoL in Berlin were marital status, shorter duration of marriage, fewer occupants per household, a relaxed religious attitude, being informed about the illness by the physician, and lower levels of symptoms. In Ankara, only initial help seeking behavior and level of depressive symptoms were associated with QOL.

Conclusion

QOL of Turkish patients with depression in Berlin appears lower than that of similar patients in Ankara. Different factors may influence QOL of Turkish patients with depression living in the place of origin and having emigrated to Germany.

Keywords

Quality of lifeDepressionBerlinAnkaraImmigration
Type
Research Article
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 23 , Issue S1: Transcultural psychiatry in Europe , January 2008 , pp. s4 - s9
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2008

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