Quality of life among Patients with Depression | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
Article 44, Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2019, Page 589-604 PDF (369.17 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2019.241356 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Hanaa Mounir Hassan1; Omyama Abu Bakr Osman1; Ghada Mohamed Mourad2; Hanaa Ezz El Din Prince3 | ||||
1Nursing Instructor of Nursing Department Technical Health institute -Imbaba Professor of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing | ||||
2Faculty of Nursing Ain Shams University. Professor of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing | ||||
3Faculty of Nursing Ain Shams University and lecturer of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing | ||||
Abstract | ||||
This study aim to assess quality of life among patients with depression through assess the level of QOL among patients with depression and assess factors affecting QOL among patients suffering from depression. Descriptive design was used to achieve the aim of this study. Setting: This study was conducted at Outpatient Clinic of El-Abassia Governmental Hospital for Psychiatric Mental Health. Subject: A convenience sample of 130 patients at Outpatient’s Clinic in El Abassia Psychiatric Mental Hospital. Tools: tool I Structural questionnaire sheet to assess socio-demographic data and factors affecting quality of life among patients with depression. And tool II, World Health Organization quality of life scale, Result: The findings demonstrated that, more than half of studied patients were females in the age group ˃37. This study revealed that, the highest percentage of subscales of quality of life were the psychological health were poor among the patients with depression and while, the lowest percentage was the environment was good. Also, showed that, the highest percentage of factors affecting QOL among patients with depression were family factors while, the lowest percentage of factors affecting QOL were social factors. Conclusion: There were statistical significant relation between QOL, educational level and financial income. Also, there are statistical significant relation between total factors affecting QOL among patients with depression, sex and function status. Additionally, there were a highly statistical significant relation between QOL and family, professional and social factors. Recommendations: This study recommended that, depressed patients required interventions that enhance quality of life, decrease factors affecting QOL among patients with depression and develop an educational program to patients with depression and their families on how to avoid and/or cope with depression to maintain normal life style at highest possible level of QOL. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Depression; Quality of life | ||||
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