The Quality of Life and Employment in Panic Disorder
作者:
ETTIGI1 PRAKASH,
MEYERHOFF2 ALLEN,
CHIRBAN3 JOHN,
JACOBS2 R.,
WILSON4 R.,
期刊:
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
(OVID Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 185,
issue 6
页码: 368-372
ISSN:0022-3018
年代: 1997
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Our purpose was to measure quality of life (QOL) and work productivity (WP) in persons with panic disorder. Eighty-four panic disorder patients with limited psychiatric comorbidity from ten U.S. outpatient mental health centers were evaluated in a cross-sectional design. Patients self-administered the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) and Work Productivity and Impairment (WPAI) questionnaire. The independent effects of psychiatric comorbidity were addressed through entry criteria, stratification, and regression analyses.QOL scores are significantly below age and sex-adjusted population norms on all SF-36 measures (p <.01). We note far greater impairment on measures of mental and emotional versus physical well-being. The unemployment rate among these patients is 25%, and only 57% are employed full-time. Those who are employed rated their WP as low. This sample of outpatients suffer marked QOL and employment impairment, which is only partially explained by the presence of psychiatric comorbidity.
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