Effects of resilience on quality of life in patients with bipolar disorder

Dec 15, 2016Journal of affective disorders

How resilience relates to quality of life in people with bipolar disorder

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Resilience is significantly associated with quality of life in patients with bipolar disorder.

Quality of life in patients with bipolar disorder was significantly lower than in healthy individuals.
In the bipolar disorder group, resilience correlated with overall quality of life, as well as physical, psychological, social, and environmental subdomains.
The relationship between resilience and quality of life persisted after accounting for confounding factors.
In the control group, resilience was also significantly linked to overall quality of life and several subdomains.
The sample size of 68 participants in each group is relatively small.

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BACKGROUND: Few studies have examined the effects of resilience on quality of life (QOL) in patients with bipolar disorder (BD). Therefore, this study investigated the association between resilience and QOL in patients with BD and compared it to the relationship between resilience and QOL in healthy individuals.

METHODS: Participants were 68 euthymic patients with BD and 68 age-, sex-, and length of education-matched controls. Sociodemographic characteristics and clinical variables of the two groups were obtained using face-to-face interviews, and all participants completed the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, the World Health Organization QOL-Brief Form.

RESULTS: The QOL of the BD group was significantly impaired compared with that of the controls. Degree of resilience, number of depressive episodes, Clinical Global Impression scores, degree of impulsivity, and length of education were significantly correlated with QOL in the BD group. Resilience was significantly associated with overall QOL, physical subdomains of QOL, psychological subdomains of QOL, social subdomains of QOL, and environmental subdomains of QOL in the BD group, even after controlling for confounders. In the control group, resilience was significantly associated with overall QOL, the physical subdomains of QOL, psychological subdomains of QOL, and social subdomains of QOL.

LIMITATIONS: The number of participants in each group was 68, which is a relatively small sample size.

CONCLUSIONS: Resilience in patients with BD was independently and positively correlated with various areas of QOL. Various strategies to reinforce resilience in patients with BD are needed to improve the low QOL in this population.

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