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Quality of life and mood disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

N. Smaoui ,
I. Lajmi ,
A. Guermazi ,
S. Omri ,
R. Feki ,
M. Maalej Bouali ,
N. Charfi ,
J. Ben Thabet ,
L. Zouari  and
M. Maalej
N. Smaoui
Affiliation:
Psychiatry C Department, Hedi chaker University hospital, sfax, Tunisia
I. Lajmi*
Affiliation:
Psychiatry C Department, Hedi chaker University hospital, sfax, Tunisia
A. Guermazi
Affiliation:
Psychiatry C Department, Hedi chaker University hospital, sfax, Tunisia
S. Omri
Affiliation:
Psychiatry C Department, Hedi chaker University hospital, sfax, Tunisia
R. Feki
Affiliation:
Psychiatry C Department, Hedi chaker University hospital, sfax, Tunisia
M. Maalej Bouali
Affiliation:
Psychiatry C Department, Hedi chaker University hospital, sfax, Tunisia
N. Charfi
Affiliation:
Psychiatry C Department, Hedi chaker University hospital, sfax, Tunisia
J. Ben Thabet
Affiliation:
Psychiatry C Department, Hedi chaker University hospital, sfax, Tunisia
L. Zouari
Affiliation:
Psychiatry C Department, Hedi chaker University hospital, sfax, Tunisia
M. Maalej
Affiliation:
Psychiatry C Department, Hedi chaker University hospital, sfax, Tunisia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Many researches addressing quality of life (QOL) has been demonstrated its impairment during acute episodes of bipolar disorder (BD) and major depressive disorder (MDD).

Objectives

To compare QOL between patients with remitted MDD and remitted BD and healthy controls (HC).

Methods

A comparative and analytical study, conducted over 3 months in the outpatient psychiatric department of Hedi Chaker University Hospital in Sfax (Tunisia) among 30 patients with remitted BD, 30 patients with remitted MDD and 34 HC. QOL was assessed with the «36 item Short-Form Health Survey» (SF-36).

Results

Compared with HC, the MDD and the BD groups had significantly lower scores for the total of the SF-36 and its sub-domains (table 1). Physical scores were lower in patients with MDD, compared with patients with BD (table 1). Table 1: Comparison of SF-36 sub-domain scores between MDD, BD patients, and HC.

Sub-domains of the SF36MDDBDHCP
Mean physical score - Physical functioning - limitation due to physical health - Pain - General health45.5 67 42.5 60 48.559,28 69,00 44,17 67,13 56,8377,86 84,26 71,03 83,50 72,050.000 0.003 0.005 0.001 0.000
Mean psychic score - limitation due to emotional problems - Social functioning - Energy/fatigue - Emotional well-being47.25 41 55.8 40 5248,19 48.89 43.48 46.5 53.8668,66 76.97 75.52 56.02 66.120,000 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.007
Mean global score50.8853,7373,780,000

Conclusions

QOL of patients with mood disorders such as MDD and BD suffered damage even in euthymic periods.

Keywords

quality of lifemood disorders
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S195
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