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Connection Between Coping Strategies and Quality of Life in Outpatient with Depression – Cross-sectional Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

M. Holubova  and
J. Prasko
M. Holubova
Affiliation:
University of Palacky Olomouc, Department of Psychiatry, Olomouc, Czech Republic Regional Hospital Liberec, Department of Psychiatry, Liberec, Czech Republic
J. Prasko
Affiliation:
University of Palacky Olomouc, Department of Psychiatry, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Abstract

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Background

The quality of life is a multidimensional phenomenon which represents all aspects of patient's well-being and various areas of the patient's life. Specific coping strategies may be connected with the quality of life and also with the severity of the disorder. The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between the coping strategies and quality of life in outpatients with depressive disorder.

Methods

Eighty-two outpatients, who met ICD-10 criteria for depressive disorders, were enrolled in the cross-sectional study. Data on sociodemographic and clinical variables were recorded. Individuals with depression filled out the standardized measures: The Stress Coping Style Questionnaire (SVF-78), The Quality of Life Satisfaction and Enjoyment Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q), and The Clinical Global Impression (CGI).

Results

The patients overuse negative coping strategies, especially, escape tendency and resignation. Using of positive coping is in average level (the strategy Positive self-instruction is little used). Coping strategies are significantly associated with quality of life. Higher using of positive coping has a positive association with QoL. The main factors related to QoL are the subjective severity of the disorder, employment and positive coping strategies according to regression analysis.

Conclusions

This study revealed the connection between coping strategies and quality of life in patients with depressive disorders. Strengthening the use of positive coping strategies may have a positive effect on the quality of life, mental conditions and treatment of patients with depression.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-poster walk: Consultation liaison psychiatry and psychosomatics–Part 1
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. s239
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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