Health-Related Quality of Life in Primary Care Patients With Mental Disorders

Family Support, Self-Rated Health, and Psychological Distress

“…[10][11][12][13]22,23,25 Some might argue that self-rated health is merely another measure of psychological distress or physical health. However, our findings that selfrated health only moderately correlated with medical diagnoses and psychological distress support claims that self-rated health is a cognitive representation or perception of health.…”

“…19,20 Self-rated health is also an important correlate of mental disorders, [21][22][23] elevated psychological symptoms, 24 and dissatisfying family support. [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] Although self-rated health, family support, and psychological distress have been found to correlate with each other, more complex associations between these variables have not been explored. The risk for psychological distress may increase as one makes negative appraisals about more than one area of life 26 ; in this case, health and family.…”

Mortality, symptoms, and functional impairment in late-life depression

“…Furthermore, patients with significant symptoms of depression who do not meet criteria for major depression have been shown to suffer significant morbidity from these symptoms. [1][2][3][4][5]19 Previous studies, however, have not elucidated the etiology of the relation between chronic medical illness, depressive symptoms, and functional impairment. Furthermore, it has proven difficult to determine whether patients with depressive symptoms and functional impairment have a greater risk of mortality than patients with similar functional impairment but no depression.…”

Calidad de vida de mujeres deprimidas en el posparto

“…Variados estudios llevados a cabo en Estados Unidos de Norteamérica y Europa, a nivel poblacional y en la atención primaria, han demostrado el impacto de la depresión en las actividades cotidianas y en la productividad [35][36][37] y su correlación con la calidad de vida. Se ha demostrado ampliamente la asociación entre depresión y discapacidad en distintas culturas, sistemas de salud y grados de desarrollo 38 .…”