Health-related quality of life using the SF-36 in patients with bipolar disorder compared with patients with chronic back pain and the general population

Arnold, Lesley M.; Witzeman, Kathryn; Swank, Michael; McElroy, Susan L.; Keck, Paul E.

doi:10.1016/s0165-0327(99)00042-7

Cited by 107 publications

(63 citation statements)

References 24 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Spitzer et al (1995) found that people with mood disorders have a lower quality of life than people with arthritis, cardiac disease, pulmonary disease, or diabetes. Although bipolar disorder is sometimes thought to be a pleasant kind of euphoria, this is distinctly false, and individuals with this disorder report significantly lower levels of wellbeing than others (Arnold, Witzeman, Swank, McElroy, & Keck, 2000).…”

Section: Mental Disorders Are a Major Cause Of Low Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond Money: Toward an Economy of Well-Being

Diener

Seligman

2009

Social Indicators Research Series

810

975

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

SUMMARY-Policy decisions at the organizational, corporate, and governmental levels should be more heavily influenced by issues related to well-being--people's evaluations and feelings about their lives. Domestic policy currently focuses heavily on economic outcomes, although economic indicators omit, and even mislead about, much of what society values. We show that economic indicators have many shortcomings, and that measures of well-being point to important conclusions that are not apparent from economic indicators alone. For example, although economic output has risen steeply over the past decades, there has been no rise in life satisfaction during this period, and there has been a substantial increase in depression and distrust. We argue that economic indicators were extremely important in the early stages of economic development, when the fulfillment of basic needs was the main issue. As societies grow wealthy, however, differences in well-being are less frequently due to income, and are more frequently due to factors such as social relationships and enjoyment at work.Important noneconomic predictors of the average levels of well-being of societies include social capital, democratic governance, and human rights. In the workplace, noneconomic factors influence work satisfaction and profitability. It is therefore important that organizations, as well as nations, monitor the well-being of workers, and take steps to improve it.Assessing the well-being of individuals with mental disorders casts light on policy problems that do not emerge from economic indicators. Mental disorders cause widespread suffering, and their impact is growing, especially in relation to the influence of medical disorders, which is declining. Although many studies now show that the suffering due to mental disorders can be alleviated by treatment, a large proportion of persons with mental disorders go untreated. Thus, a policy imperative is to offer treatment to more people with mental disorders, and more assistance to their caregivers.Supportive, positive social relationships are necessary for well-being. There are data suggesting that well-being leads to good social relationships and does not merely follow from them. In addition, experimental evidence indicates that people suffer when they are ostracized from groups or have poor relationships in groups. The fact that strong social relationships are critical to well-being has many policy implications. For instance, corporations should carefully consider relocating employees because doing so can sever friendships and therefore be detrimental to well-being.Desirable outcomes, even economic ones, are often caused by well-being rather than the other way around. People high in wellbeing later earn higher incomes and perform better at work than people who report low well-being. Happy workers are better organizational citizens, meaning that they help other people at work in various ways. Furthermore, people high in well-being seem to have better social relationships than people low in wellbeing. ...

show abstract

Section: Mental Disorders Are a Major Cause Of Low Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond Money: Toward an Economy of Well-Being

Diener

Seligman

2009

Social Indicators Research Series

810

975

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Patients with BD had a lower mental component score on the SF-36 but a higher physical component than the back pain group. Additionally, both groups had comparably lower scores in the role limitation emotional categories and both had lower scores than the general population in the physical and mental components (15). Even though bipolar patients have a somewhat better physical QOL than patients with chronic medical conditions, their role limitations and role functioning are equally impaired.…”

Section: Comparison Of Bipolar Patients With Chronic Physical Conditionsmentioning

confidence: 86%

Bipolar bozuklukta işleyiş ve yaşam kalitesi

Aydemi̇r¹

2016

Dusunen Adam

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…[8,[14][15][16] BB olan hastalarda, hastalık döneminin aniden gelişmesi nedeniyle ataklar arası dönemlerde bile yaşam kalitesinden ödün verilmektedir. [17] Gazalle ve ark.nın [18] çalışma-sında BB olan hastaların yaşam kalitesinin fiziksel, psikolojik, sosyal, çevresel alanda düşük düzeyde olduğu saptanmıştır.…”

Section: Discussionunclassified

“…Bu konuda yapılan benzer çalışmalarda da hastaların yaşam kalitesi düşük düzeyde bulunmuştur. [14][15][16] Geçtiğimiz yıllarda literatürde, affektif bozukluğu olan bireylere bakım verenlerde bakım yükü, stigma, depresyon ve bazı psikiyatrik semptomlar değerlendirilmiştir. [5,6,[9][10][11] Sı-nırlı sayıda literatür ise [8] BB olan bireylere bakım verenlerin yaşam kalitesi üzerinde durmuştur.…”

Section: Discussionunclassified