January 1, 2009The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
The Associations Between Depression, Health-Related Quality of Life, Social Support, Life Satisfaction, and Disability in Community-Dwelling US Adults
Key result
Depression severity demonstrated a dose-response relationship with physical distress, pain, anxiety, activity limitations, poor general health, life dissatisfaction, and disability.
Why the study?
Does depression severity associate with health-related quality of life, social support, life satisfaction, and disability in community-dwelling US adults?
Population
Community-dwelling US adults from the 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Design
Cross-sectional
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Discussion
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Implication
May inform holistic assessments in primary care; leaves open causality and prospective treatment effects.
Study Design
Type
Cross-Sectional
Structured PICO
Does depression severity associate with health-related quality of life, social support, life satisfaction, and disability in community-dwelling US adults?
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Population
Community-dwelling US adults from the 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
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Outcome
Associations among current depression (measured by PHQ-8), health-related quality of life, social support, life satisfaction, and disability statuspatient reported
There is a profound dose-response relationship between depression severity and worse health-related quality of life, social support, life satisfaction, and disability in US adults.
Cite This Study
Strine et al. (2009) conducted a cross-sectional in Depression. Depression was evaluated on Health-related quality of life, social support, life satisfaction, and disability status. Depression severity demonstrated a dose-response relationship with physical distress, pain, anxiety, activity limitations, poor general health, life dissatisfaction, and disability.