Journal article
Quality of Life in Treatment-Seeking Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder with and without Major Depressive Disorder
Canadian journal of psychiatry, Vol.54(7), pp.460-467
07/2009
DOI: 10.1177/070674370905400707
PMID: 19660168
Abstract
Objective:
To compare the quality of life of patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) with and without depression comorbidity.
Method:
Treatment-seeking outpatients ( n = 56) with OCD ( n = 28) or comorbid OCD and major depressive disorder (MDD) ( n = 28), matched by age, sex, and antidepressant medication use, completed a multidimensional measure of quality of life.
Results:
Patients with comorbid OCD and MDD reported significantly greater decrements in their subjective feelings, social relations, and a composite measure of general activities (for example, overall well-being and life satisfaction) in comparison with patients with OCD without MDD. These differences were not owing to the presence of other Axis I comorbid disorders.
Conclusions:
Treatments addressing depression comorbidity in the context of primary OCD are required to improve the quality of life of this severely affected population of OCD sufferers.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Quality of Life in Treatment-Seeking Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder with and without Major Depressive Disorder
- Creators
- Stephanie E Cassin - Sunnybrook Health Science CentreMargaret A Richter - Sunnybrook Health Science CentreK Anne Zhang - Centre for Addiction and Mental HealthNeil A Rector - Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Canadian journal of psychiatry, Vol.54(7), pp.460-467
- DOI
- 10.1177/070674370905400707
- PMID
- 19660168
- ISSN
- 0706-7437
- eISSN
- 1497-0015
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2009
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Record Identifier
- 9984296252502771
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