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ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2016

Gender differences in the impact of mental disorders and chronic physical conditions on health-related quality of life among non-demented primary care elderly patients.

Luisa Baladón, Maria Rubio-Valera, Antoni Serrano-Blanco, Diego J Palao, Ana Fernández

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Article in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Luisa BaladónSpanish Network of Research on Preventive Activities and Health Promotion in Primary Care, Barcelona, Spain. lbaladon@pssjd.org.ORCID 0000-0002-5766-5084
Maria Rubio-ValeraSpanish Network of Research on Preventive Activities and Health Promotion in Primary Care, Barcelona, Spain.
Antoni Serrano-BlancoSpanish Network of Research on Preventive Activities and Health Promotion in Primary Care, Barcelona, Spain.
Diego J PalaoServei de Salut Mental, Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain.
Ana FernándezSpanish Network of Research on Preventive Activities and Health Promotion in Primary Care, Barcelona, Spain.
Red de Investigación en Actividades Preventivas y Promoción de la Salud · ESDeleted InstitutionThe University of Sydney · AU

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6 · The paper itself

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purposeThis paper aims to estimate the comorbidity of mental disorders and chronic physical conditions and to describe the impact of these conditions on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a sample of older primary care (PC) attendees by gender.

methodsCross-sectional survey, conducted in 77 PC centres in Catalonia (Spain) on 1192 patients over 65 years old. Using face-to-face interviews, we assessed HRQoL (SF-12), mental disorders (SCID and MINI structured clinical interviews), chronic physical conditions (checklist), and disability (Sheehan disability scale). We used multivariate quantile regressions to model which factors were associated with the physical component summary-short form 12 and mental component summary-short form 12.

resultThe most frequent comorbidity in both men and women was mood disorder with chronic pain and arthrosis. Mental disorders mainly affected 'mental' QoL, while physical disorders affected 'physical' QoL. Mental disorders had a greater impact on HRQoL than chronic physical conditions, with mood and adjustment disorders being the most disabling conditions. There were some gender differences in the impact of mental and chronic physical conditions on HRQoL. Anxiety disorders and pain had an impact on HRQoL but only in women. Respiratory diseases had an effect on the MCS in women, but only affected the PCS in men.

conclusionsMood and adjustment disorders had the greatest impact on HRQoL. The impact profile of mental and chronic physical conditions differs between genders. Our results reinforce the need for screening for mental disorders (mainly depression) in older patients in PC.

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AgedAnxiety DisordersChronic DiseaseComorbidityCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionFemaleHumansMaleMood DisordersPersons with DisabilitiesPhysical ExaminationPrimary Health CareQuality of LifeSex FactorsSpainAgedAged 80 and overChronic physical conditionsHealth-related quality of lifeMental disordersNon-dementedPrimary care

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