Impact of depression on quality of life in people living with human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in Salvador, Brazil
| Autor: | Ney Boa-Sorte, Ana Verena Galvão-Castro, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi, Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Ramon de Almeida Kruschewsky |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Psychometrics Young Adult Quality of life Surveys and Questionnaires Confidence Intervals Humans Medicine Human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged Quality of Life Research Aged 80 and over Analysis of Variance Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 biology Depression business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged biology.organism_classification HTLV-I Infections humanities Cross-Sectional Studies Quality of Life Female business Brazil Stress Psychological Demography |
| Zdroj: | Quality of Life Research. 21:1545-1550 |
| ISSN: | 1573-2649 0962-9343 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11136-011-0066-6 |
| Popis: | A previous study found the prevalence of depression in HTLV-1-infected patients to be approximately 30%, but few studies have attempted to correlate depression with quality of life (QOL) in these patients. The present study investigates the association between depression and QOL in people living with HTLV-1.A clinical-epidemiological questionnaire, the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview and the WHOQOL-Bref were applied to 88 HTLV-1-infected patients (32 with TSP/HAM) at the HTLV Center of the Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Salvador, Brazil.The prevalence of depression among people living with HTLV-1 was 34.1%. Depression was significantly associated with a poor QOL in the physical, psychological, social relationship and environment domains, when controlling for other variables, such as gender, age, time of knowledge of serological diagnosis and presence of tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-1associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM). Moreover, patients with TSP/HAM experienced a reduction in their QOL in the physical, psychological and environment domains.Our results showed that depression negatively affects the quality of life of people living with HTLV-1, regardless of the presence of TSP/HAM. Since it is possible to improve a patient's QOL by treating depression, psychological evaluations are strongly recommended as a measure to integrate the treatment protocols of HTLV-1 intervention programs. |
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