Health-Related Quality of Life Among First-Degree Relatives of Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Italy

2007 ◽  
Vol 58 (7) ◽  
pp. 970-976 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umberto Albert ◽  
Virginio Salvi ◽  
Paola Saracco ◽  
Filippo Bogetto ◽  
Giuseppe Maina
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
First Degree Relatives ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Clinical predictors of health-related quality of life in obsessive-compulsive disorder

2010 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umberto Albert ◽  
Giuseppe Maina ◽  
Filippo Bogetto ◽  
Alice Chiarle ◽  
David Mataix-Cols
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Clinical Predictors ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Generic and Illness-Specific Quality of Life in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 417-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marit Hauschildt ◽  
Lena Jelinek ◽  
Sarah Randjbar ◽  
Birgit Hottenrott ◽  
Steffen Moritz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Internet Survey ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Health Related Qol ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
Health Related

Background: Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic and disabling disorder. It profoundly compromises various aspects of patients’ everyday life, thus affecting their quality of life (QoL). Using generic instruments, several studies have confirmed severely impaired health-related QoL in patients diagnosed with OCD. However, there has been a dearth of research on illness-specific QoL. Aims: The present study aimed to further investigate subjective QoL in individuals with OCD with a focus on illness-specific aspects. Method: To assess subjective QoL in a broad OCD sample, an internet survey was conducted with 123 participants with obsessive-compulsive symptoms. The survey comprised both a generic (WHOQOL-BREF) and a novel self-developed OCD-specific QoL measure (QoLOC). Psychopathology was determined with diagnostic standard instruments (self-report forms of: Y-BOCS, OCI-R, BDI-SF). Results: Regression analyses confirmed depression as the best predictor for decreased QoL. In addition, participants reported high despair resulting from OCD-related problems that differed across symptom subtypes. An exploratory factor analysis suggested four domains of OCD-specific problems tapped by the QoLOC: (1) depressiveness in association with OCD; (2) constraints in activities due to OCD symptoms or avoidance; (3) problems with partner and/or family due to OCD symptoms or avoidance; (4) self-concept/coping of own illness. Conclusions: Results produced a comprehensive picture of QoL impairments and their relation to psychopathology in a representative OCD sample. Illness-specific concerns should be further addressed in QoL research in OCD because such problems are not sufficiently mirrored in generic QoL measures.

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