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Quality of life instruments in depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

P Bech
P Bech*
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Institute, Frederiksborg General Hospital, DK-3400 Hillerød, Denmark
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Summary

Major depression is one of the medical disorders in which quality of life instruments have most often been applied. It is important to distinguish between disease-dependent scales (ie, scales measuring the symptoms of major depression, such as the Beck Depression Inventory) and generic scales (ie, scales measuring self-reported states without reference to a specific disorder, such as the WHO well-being scale). The empirical use of generic scales for quality of life major depression has indicated that they can predict relapse and compliance. In the future, more trials comparing the different treatments with cost-effectiveness vs quality of life in major depression are required.

Keywords

positive well-beingnegative well-beingrelapsecompliancecost-effectiveness
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Research Article
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , 1997 , pp. 194 - 198
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1997

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