Antidepressant and the Quality of Life of Depressive Patient.
- Author:
Byung Joo HAM
;
Min Soo LEE
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Depression;
Quality of life;
Antidepressant
- MeSH:
Depression;
Humans;
Interpersonal Relations;
Quality of Life*;
Sertraline
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry
1997;4(1):116-120
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
This study investigated the antidepressant efficacy and it's impact on the quality of life of depressed patients. We performed Hamilton Depression Rating Scale(HDRS), and Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale(MADRS), and Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire(HQLQ) to both tricyclic antidepressant(TCA) and sertraline groups. There were 16 subjects in the study. The tricyclic group had 9 subjects and the sertraline group had 7. The TCA and sertraline produced a similar degree of response. Both groups experienced a reduction of 70% or more in mean HDRS and MADRS total score after 6wks. In HQLQ, the TCAs group also showed improved bed disability days, alertness behavior, and social interaction, the sertraline group showed improved health perception, alertness behavior, home management, and social interaction. We suggested that the improvement of "Quality of life" were not in proportion to the clinical symptom's improvement. Therefore, clinicians should consider the benefit of antidepressant treatment in terms of quality of life.
