PMID- 23174438
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130517
LR  - 20160519
IS  - 1876-2026 (Electronic)
IS  - 1876-2018 (Linking)
VI  - 5
IP  - 4
DP  - 2012 Dec
TI  - Quality of life in anxiety disorders: its relation to work and social functioning 
      and dysfunctional cognitions: an exploratory study from India.
PG  - 309-14
LID - S1876-2018(12)00083-4 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.ajp.2012.05.006 [doi]
AB  - The aim of the study was to examine quality of life, functioning, disability, 
      work and social adjustment, depression, anxiety and dysfunctional cognitions in 
      patients with anxiety disorders. One hundred patients with anxiety disorders and 
      98 non-clinical participants were recruited for the study. A cross sectional 
      design was adopted. The participants were assessed on the WHOQoL-BREF, Global 
      Assessment of Functioning (GAF), Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS), the Work and 
      Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) and Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale (DAS). Data was 
      analyzed using descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney test, Spearman's Rho and 
      regression analysis. Patients with anxiety disorders reported significantly lower 
      quality of life than the community sample (df=98, p<.001). A shorter duration of 
      illness was associated with lower quality of life. QoL was significantly 
      correlated with severity of anxiety, depression and stress as well as with 
      measures of disability and adjustment. Partial correlations indicated that 
      depression did not significantly impact the relationship between work and social 
      adjustment and QoL. Work and social adjustment, depression and dysfunctional 
      cognitions emerged as significant predictors of QoL. The findings of the study 
      are discussed in the light of existing research and the implications for future 
      interventions are highlighted.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Sudhir, Paulomi M
AU  - Sudhir PM
AD  - Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and 
      Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Hosur Road, Bangalore 560029, India. 
      paulomi.sudhir@gmail.com
FAU - Sharma, Mahendra P
AU  - Sharma MP
FAU - Mariamma, P
AU  - Mariamma P
FAU - Subbakrishna, D K
AU  - Subbakrishna DK
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20120715
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Asian J Psychiatr
JT  - Asian journal of psychiatry
JID - 101517820
SB  - IM
MH  - Activities of Daily Living/psychology
MH  - Adult
MH  - Anxiety Disorders/complications/*psychology
MH  - Cognition Disorders/etiology/psychology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Employment/*psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - India
MH  - Male
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - Psychological Tests
MH  - Quality of Life/*psychology
MH  - *Social Adjustment
EDAT- 2012/11/24 06:00
MHDA- 2013/05/18 06:00
CRDT- 2012/11/24 06:00
PHST- 2011/09/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/05/09 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2012/05/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/11/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/11/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/05/18 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1876-2018(12)00083-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ajp.2012.05.006 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Asian J Psychiatr. 2012 Dec;5(4):309-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2012.05.006. Epub 
      2012 Jul 15.