2006
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0077-8
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Subjective quality of life of patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder

Abstract: OCD has a substantial adverse effect on patients' subjective QoL, which may be even greater than the adverse effect of schizophrenia. Therefore, it will be necessary to include interventions in the treatment of OCD aimed at improving residual deficits in psychosocial functioning and QoL.

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“…Finally, our findings are consistent with previous studies that found strong impairment and frequent use of healthcare in subjects with OCD [3,23,32,50,54,57] and in subjects with subthreshold OCD [2,9,23]. Moreover, we additionally found that the presence of OCS alone has considerable impact on impairment and health-care utilization.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…Finally, our findings are consistent with previous studies that found strong impairment and frequent use of healthcare in subjects with OCD [3,23,32,50,54,57] and in subjects with subthreshold OCD [2,9,23]. Moreover, we additionally found that the presence of OCS alone has considerable impact on impairment and health-care utilization.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…To date, four review articles on QoL in adults with OCD have been published , all of which concluded that there had been an overall reduction in QoL. In fact, adult studies have found that QoL in OCD individuals was comparable with or worse than QoL levels found in schizophrenia, depression, panic disorder and substance dependence (Bobes et al, 2001;Stengler-Wenzke, Kroll, Matschinger, & Angermeyer, 2006). In some studies, treatment improved QoL, but in others, symptom reduction did not lead to improved QoL In contrast to adult studies, little is known about the QoL of children and adolescents with OCD, and nothing at all is known about the relation between treatment for OCD and QoL.…”
Section: What Do We Know About Qol In Ocd?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Diversos estudos também mostram menores médias de qualidade de vida no TOC quando comparados à população em geral 2,7,14,15,27,28 . Os impactos negativos deste transtorno trazem diversos prejuí-zos na vida dos sujeitos, afetando diversas áreas 14 , como, por exemplo, a capacidade de trabalhar e desempenhar atividades diárias, de se relacionar com outras pessoas e de desfrutar das atividades de lazer 7 .…”
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