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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mack, Simon
• Jacobi, Frank
• Beesdo-Baum, Katja
• Gerschler, Anja
• Strehle, Jens
• Höfler, Michael
• Busch, Markus A
• Maske, Ulrike
• Hapke, Ulfert
• Gaebel, Wolfgang
• Zielasek, Jürgen
• Maier, Wolfgang
• Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich

Titel

Functional disability and quality of life decrements in mental disorders: Results from the Mental Health Module of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1-MH)

Ist Teil von

• European psychiatry, 2015-09, Vol.30 (6), p.793-800

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Masson SAS

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract Background This paper provides nationally representative data on how current and past mental disorders are related to functional disability and health-related quality of life (QoL). Methods Results are based on a nationally representative sample (DEGS1-MH; n = 4483 aged 18–79). Respondents were examined by clinical interviewers with the DSM-IV Composite International Diagnostic Interview (DIA-X/M-CIDI). Functional disability, i.e. number of disability days in the past 4 weeks, and QoL, i.e. mental (MCS) and physical (PCS) component scale of the SF-36V2, were examined in subjects with 12-month mental disorders (= active cases [AC]) and compared to (a) subjects who never met diagnostic criteria (= unaffected individuals [UAI]), and (b) those with a history of mental disorders but not meeting the diagnostic criteria in the past 12 months (= non-active cases [NAC]; partially or fully remitted). Results In comparison to UAI (mean: 1.9), AC reveals a 2–3 fold disability days/month (5.4, P < .001) and a substantially reduced MCS (UAI: 52.1; AC: 43.3, P < .001). NAC had a similar number of disability days as UAI, but significantly reduced MCS scores (49.9; P < .001). Disability days and QoL decrements were highest in internalizing disorders including somatoform disorders and most pronounced in comorbid cases. Conclusions By and large, findings of a previous study were confirmed and extended for this nationally representative German sample. 12-month mental disorders, particularly internalizing, including somatoform disorders, are associated with high levels of disability and increased health-related QoL decrements. Partial or complete remission of the mental disorders is associated with a normalization of the numbers of disability days.