PMID- 15720726
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060718
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1471-244X (Electronic)
IS  - 1471-244X (Linking)
VI  - 5
DP  - 2005 Feb 20
TI  - Quality of life in patients with personality disorders seen at an ordinary 
      psychiatric outpatient clinic.
PG  - 10
AB  - BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies have found reduced health-related quality of 
      life (QoL) in patients with personality disorders (PDs), but few clinical studies 
      have examined QoL in PDs, and none of them are from an ordinary psychiatric 
      outpatient clinic (POC). We wanted to examine QoL in patients with PDs seen at a 
      POC, to explore the associations of QoL with established psychiatric measures, 
      and to evaluate QoL as an outcome measure in PD patients. METHODS: 72 patients 
      with PDs at a POC filled in the MOS Short Form 36 (SF-36), and two established 
      psychiatric self-rating measures. A national norm sample was compared on the 
      SF-36. An independent psychiatrist diagnosed PDs and Axis-I disorders by 
      structured interviews and rated the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). All 
      measurements were repeated in the 39 PD patients that attended the 2 years 
      follow-up examination. RESULTS: PD patients showed high co-morbidity with other 
      PDs and Axis I mental disorders, and they scored significantly lower on all the 
      SF-36 dimensions than age- and gender-adjusted norms. Adjustment for co-morbid 
      Axis I disorders had some influence, however. The SF-36 mental health, vitality, 
      and social functioning were significantly associated with the GAF and the 
      self-rated psychiatric measures. Significant changes at follow-up were found in 
      the psychiatric measures, but only on the mental health and role-physical of the 
      SF-36. CONCLUSION: Patients with PDs seen for treatment at a POC have globally 
      poor QoL. Both physical and mental dimensions of the SF-36 are correlated with 
      established psychiatric measures in such patients, but significant changes in 
      these measures are only partly associated with changes in the SF-36 dimensions.
FAU - Narud, Kjersti
AU  - Narud K
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Aker University Hospital, Sognsvannsveien 21, 0310 
      Oslo, Norway. kjer-na@online.no
FAU - Mykletun, Arnstein
AU  - Mykletun A
FAU - Dahl, Alv A
AU  - Dahl AA
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20050220
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Psychiatry
JT  - BMC psychiatry
JID - 100968559
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Ambulatory Care
MH  - Comorbidity
MH  - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
MH  - Female
MH  - *Health Status
MH  - Hospitals, Psychiatric/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Disorders/epidemiology
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Norway/epidemiology
MH  - Outcome Assessment, Health Care
MH  - Outpatient Clinics, Hospital/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Personality Disorders/*diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology
MH  - Personality Inventory
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
PMC - PMC552308
EDAT- 2005/02/22 09:00
MHDA- 2006/07/19 09:00
PMCR- 2005/02/20
CRDT- 2005/02/22 09:00
PHST- 2004/09/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2005/02/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2005/02/22 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/07/19 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/02/22 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2005/02/20 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1471-244X-5-10 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1471-244X-5-10 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Psychiatry. 2005 Feb 20;5:10. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-5-10.