Social disability of Brazilian mood disorder patients
Rev. bras. pesqui. méd. biol
; Braz. j. med. biol. res;37(11): 1713-1720, Nov. 2004. tab
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RESUMO
Mood disorders cause many social problems, often involving family relationships. Few studies are available in the literature comparing patients with bipolar, unipolar, dysthymic, and double depressive disorders concerning these aspects. In the present study, demographic and disease data were collected using a specifically prepared questionnaire. Social adjustment was assessed using the Disability Adjustment Scale and family relationships were evaluated using the Global Assessment of Relational Functioning Scale. One hundred patients under treatment for at least 6 months were evaluated at the Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic of the Botucatu School of Medicine, UNESP. Most patients were women (82 percent) more than 50 (49 percent) years old with at least two years of follow-up, with little schooling (62 percent had less than 4 years), and of low socioeconomic level. Logistic regression analysis showed that a diagnosis of unipolar disorder (P = 0.003, OR = 0.075, CI = 0.014-0.403) and dysthymia (P = 0.001, OR = 0.040, CI = 0.006-0.275) as well as family relationships (P = 0.002, OR = 0.953, CI = 0914-0.992) played a significant role in social adjustment. Unipolar and dysthymic patients presented better social adjustment than bipolar and double depressive patients (P < 0.001), results that were not due to social class. These patients, treated at a teaching hospital, may represent the severest mood disorder cases. Evaluations were made knowing the diagnosis of the patients, which might also have influenced some of the results. Social disabilities among mood disorder patients are very frequent and intensive.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Ajustamento Social
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Transtornos do Humor
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Relações Familiares
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Relações Interpessoais
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
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Rev. bras. pesqui. méd. biol
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA
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MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article
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Project document
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil