Quality of life among Patients with Depression

Mounir Hassan, Hanaa; Abu Bakr Osman, Omyama; Mohamed Mourad, Ghada; Ezz El Din Prince, Hanaa

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2019.241356

Quality of life among Patients with Depression

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Nursing Instructor of Nursing Department Technical Health institute -Imbaba Professor of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

² Faculty of Nursing Ain Shams University. Professor of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

³ Faculty of Nursing Ain Shams University and lecturer of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

10.21608/ejhc.2019.241356

Abstract

This study aim to assess quality of life among patients with depression through
assess the level of QOL among patients with depression and assess factors affecting QOL
among patients suffering from depression. Descriptive design was used to achieve the aim
of this study. Setting: This study was conducted at Outpatient Clinic of El-Abassia
Governmental Hospital for Psychiatric Mental Health. Subject: A convenience sample of
130 patients at Outpatient’s Clinic in El Abassia Psychiatric Mental Hospital. Tools: tool I
Structural questionnaire sheet to assess socio-demographic data and factors affecting quality
of life among patients with depression. And tool II, World Health Organization quality of life
scale, Result: The findings demonstrated that, more than half of studied patients were
females in the age group ˃37. This study revealed that, the highest percentage of subscales of
quality of life were the psychological health were poor among the patients with depression
and while, the lowest percentage was the environment was good. Also, showed that, the
highest percentage of factors affecting QOL among patients with depression were family
factors while, the lowest percentage of factors affecting QOL were social factors.
Conclusion: There were statistical significant relation between QOL, educational level and
financial income. Also, there are statistical significant relation between total factors affecting
QOL among patients with depression, sex and function status. Additionally, there were a
highly statistical significant relation between QOL and family, professional and social
factors. Recommendations: This study recommended that, depressed patients required
interventions that enhance quality of life, decrease factors affecting QOL among patients
with depression and develop an educational program to patients with depression and their
families on how to avoid and/or cope with depression to maintain normal life style at highest
possible level of QOL.

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