EVALUATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEPARATION ANXIETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER
Journal Title: Kocatepe Medical Journal - Year 2022, Vol 23, Issue 4
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The presence of comorbidity in psychiatric disorders result in the loss of psychosocial functioning, quality of life, the course and treatment of the illness being affected negatively. Our study was carried out to investigate separation anxiety symptoms and their relation with quality of life in patients with bipolar disorder. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Between November 2016 and May 2017, 104 patients aged between 18-65 years, who were diagnosed with bipolar disorder and were in remission phase for at least 2 months, who applied to the Derince Training and Research Hospital Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic were included in the study. They consulted to the data were collected using the Interview Form prepared by the researcher, the Separation Anxiety Symptom Inventory (AABI), the Adult Separation Anxiety Scale (AACS) and the Short Form 36 of the Quality of Life Scale (SF-36). Data were evaluated with independent t test, Kruskal Wallis, Mann Whitney U, ANOVA and Pearson correlation tests. RESULTS: There was a statistically significant negative correlation between the total score of Separation Anxiety Symptom Inventory and SF-36 physical health components with mental health subscale score of Quality Of Life scale shortened form-36 (r=-0,30 p=0,001). There was a moderate negative correlation between Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire and physical function (r=-0,44 p<0,001) with pain (r=-0,45 p<0,001) subscales of Quality-of-Life scale shortened form. There was a statistically significant positive correlation between the total scores of Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire and Separation Anxiety Symptom Inventory (r=0,79 p<0,001). CONCLUSIONS: Anxiety symptoms experienced during both childhood and adulthood negatively affect the quality of life in patients with bipolar disorders. More research is needed in this area, as the number of studies that deal with bipolar disorder and separation anxiety disorder together is very low in the literature
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Gülnur GÖZEL ŞAHİN Gülgün DURAT Soykan ŞAHİN
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