TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of mental disorders and chronic physical conditions in health-related quality of life among primary care patients
T2 - Results from an epidemiological study
AU - Pinto-Meza, Alejandra
AU - Fernández, Anna
AU - Fullana, Miquel Angel
AU - Haro, Josep Maria
AU - Palao, Diego
AU - Luciano, Juan Vicente
AU - Serrano-Blanco, Antoni
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This study was funded by the ‘‘Direcció General de Planificació i Avaluació Sanitària, Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya’’ (Barcelona, Spain). AF and JVL are grateful to the ‘‘Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Instituto de Salud Carlos III’’ (Red RD06/0018/0017) for a predoctoral and a postdoctoral contract, respectively.
PY - 2009/10
Y1 - 2009/10
N2 - Purpose: To estimate the comorbidity of mental disorders with chronic physical conditions and to assess their independent and combined effects on health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Methods: Face-to-face cross-sectional survey of adult attendants to public primary care (PC) centres from Catalonia (Spain). A total of 3,815 out of 5,402 selected patients provided data for this study. We report frequency of chronic physical conditions among participants with mental disorders and the contribution of each mental disorder and chronic physical condition to HRQOL. Results: Chronic pain is the most frequent condition among those with mental disorders (74.54%). The effect of chronic physical conditions on HRQOL is rather minor when compared to the effect of mental disorders (especially mood disorders). However, chronic pain plays an important role in HRQOL loss. Conclusions: Mood disorders and chronic pain negatively affect HRQOL of PC patients. Especial efforts should be made to detect and treat mental disorders and chronic pain at this level.
AB - Purpose: To estimate the comorbidity of mental disorders with chronic physical conditions and to assess their independent and combined effects on health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Methods: Face-to-face cross-sectional survey of adult attendants to public primary care (PC) centres from Catalonia (Spain). A total of 3,815 out of 5,402 selected patients provided data for this study. We report frequency of chronic physical conditions among participants with mental disorders and the contribution of each mental disorder and chronic physical condition to HRQOL. Results: Chronic pain is the most frequent condition among those with mental disorders (74.54%). The effect of chronic physical conditions on HRQOL is rather minor when compared to the effect of mental disorders (especially mood disorders). However, chronic pain plays an important role in HRQOL loss. Conclusions: Mood disorders and chronic pain negatively affect HRQOL of PC patients. Especial efforts should be made to detect and treat mental disorders and chronic pain at this level.
KW - Chronic physical conditions
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Health-related quality of life
KW - Mental disorders
KW - Primary care
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U2 - 10.1007/s11136-009-9522-y
DO - 10.1007/s11136-009-9522-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 19649768
AN - SCOPUS:70349238611
SN - 0962-9343
VL - 18
SP - 1011
EP - 1018
JO - Quality of Life Research
JF - Quality of Life Research
IS - 8
ER -
