Depressed Mood and Social Support As Predictors of Quality of Life in Women Receiving Home Health Care

Overview

Journal Qual Life Res

Specialties Pharmacology
Rehabilitation Medicine

Date 2005 Sep 13

PMID 16155779

Citations 5

Authors

Lois C Friedman

Anthony E Brown

Catherine Romero

Mario F Dulay

Leif E Peterson

Paula Wehrman

Deborah J Whisnand

Larry Laufman

James Lomax

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Abstract

We examined relationships among depressed mood, social support and quality of life in 58 medically ill low-income women 40 years and older receiving home health care. Analyses showed a negative relationship between depressed mood and quality of life (p's < or = 0.05). Positive relationships were found between number of people available for support and two of three quality of life domains as well as satisfaction with support and all three domains (p's < or = 0.05). Results also provided preliminary support that belonging to a church is related to emotional well-being (p = 0.039) and among those belonging to a church, recent increased activity was related to social/family well-being (p = 0.004). Mediational analyses revealed a cycle of depressed mood, dissatisfaction with social support, and loss of social support providers underlying the poor quality of life of many participants. This highlights the need to address the relationship between depression and social support when treating patients with chronic illness.

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