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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Predictors of Changes in Quality of Life of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder-A Prospective Naturalistic 3-Month Follow-Up Study.

Vlad Dionisie, Maria Gabriela Puiu, Mirela Manea, Ioana Anca Pacearcă

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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  1. Development of the Japanese version of the Manchester short assessment of quality of life (MANSA) among people with self-reported severe mental illness.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026
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Vlad DionisieDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychology, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-0075-0050
Maria Gabriela PuiuDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychology, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-5517-5623
Mirela ManeaDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychology, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Ioana Anca PacearcăDoctoral School, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.

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Abstract

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the leading causes of disease burden worldwide and affected patients frequently report impairments in quality of life (QoL). Therefore, the present research aimed to identify predictors of domain-specific QoL changes in MDD patients following the acute phase of pharmacological treatment (3-month). This study is a prospective, naturalistic, and observational analysis on 150 patients. Depressive symptoms, QoL, overall pain intensity, and functionality were assessed using Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, World Health Organization Quality of Life scale-abbreviated version, Visual Analog Scale, and Sheehan Disability Scale, respectively. Reductions in symptom severity and disability were predictors of improvement across all domains of QoL. Pain intensity reduction was a predictor of increases in the physical aspect of QoL. A reduced number of psychiatric hospitalizations and being in a relationship predicted an improvement of QoL in the psychological domain whereas a positive history of suicidal attempts was associated with better social relationships QoL. The predictive models explained 41.2% and 54.7% of the variance in psychological and physical health domains of QoL, respectively. Awareness of sociodemographic and changes in clinical factors that impact the change in domain-specific QoL might help in shaping personalized treatment.

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follow-upfunctionalitymajor depressive disorderpainpatient reported outcomesquality of lifeSheehan Disability Scaletreatment interventionvisual analogue scaleWHOQOL-BREF

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