Antonia Raya-Tena1, Maria Isabel Fernández-San-Martín2, Jaume Martín-Royo3, Rocío Casañas4, Grup Psicodep5, María Francisca Jiménez-Herrera6. 1. Centro de Atención Primaria Dr. Lluís Sayé, ABS Raval Nord, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España; Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Línea de investigació en Biomedicina, epidemiologia i pràctica clínica avançada, Facultat de Infermeria, Tarragona, España. Electronic address: arayat.bcn.ics@gencat.cat. 2. Unitat de Suport a la Recerca, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Barcelona, España; Unitat Docent Multiprofesional Gerència Territorial Barcelona, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España. 3. Unitat de Suport a la Recerca, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Barcelona, España; Centro de Urgencias de Atención Primaria (CUAP) Casernes, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España. 4. Departamento de investigación, Centre d'Higiene Mental Les Corts (CHMLC), Grupo CHM Salut Mental Barcelona, Barcelona, España. 5. Centro de Atención Primaria Dr. Lluís Sayé, ABS Raval Nord, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España; Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Línea de investigació en Biomedicina, epidemiologia i pràctica clínica avançada, Facultat de Infermeria, Tarragona, España; Unitat de Suport a la Recerca, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Barcelona, España; Unitat Docent Multiprofesional Gerència Territorial Barcelona, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España; Centro de Urgencias de Atención Primaria (CUAP) Casernes, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España; Departamento de investigación, Centre d'Higiene Mental Les Corts (CHMLC), Grupo CHM Salut Mental Barcelona, Barcelona, España. 6. Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Línea de investigació en Biomedicina, epidemiologia i pràctica clínica avançada, Facultat de Infermeria, Tarragona, España.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to describe from a gender perspective how people with depression and physical comorbidity perceive their quality of life. The study included 380 people over 49 years of age with at least one of the following pathologies: diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and ischemic heart disease. Participants were recruited from 31 teams the primary care of in Catalonia. Quality of life was measured using the EuroQol Scale. In addition, sociodemographic variables were collected, as well as the severity of depression, the index of economic deprivation and area of residence. The adjusted relationship between sex and dimensions of quality of life was assessed by means of multivariate logistic regression. RESULTS: 81.3% were women; the mean age was 68.4 years (SD: 8.8). The mean on the Visual Analogue Scale was 57.8 (SD: 17.4) in men and 55.8 (SD: 18.6) in women. The mean of the EQ-Health Index was 0.74 (SD: 0.17) in men and 0.65 (SD: 0.2) in women (p = 0.001). The probability of having problems of the EQ-5D showed sex as the most important factor (woman = 1/man = 0) in: self-care OR: 2.29 (95% CI 1.04-5.07) and daily activities OR: 3.09 (95% CI 1.67-5.71). Mobility was associated with age OR: 1.87 (95% CI 1.22-2.86), pain with area of residence OR: 2.51 (95% CI 1.18-5,34) and the BDI with anxiety/depression OR: 4,77 (95% CI 1.77-12,88). CONCLUSION: The perception quality of life of women with depression and physical comorbidity is lower than that of men and, in both cases, it is lower than that of the general population.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to describe from a gender perspective how people with depression and physical comorbidity perceive their quality of life. The study included 380 people over 49 years of age with at least one of the following pathologies: diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and ischemic heart disease. Participants were recruited from 31 teams the primary care of in Catalonia. Quality of life was measured using the EuroQol Scale. In addition, sociodemographic variables were collected, as well as the severity of depression, the index of economic deprivation and area of residence. The adjusted relationship between sex and dimensions of quality of life was assessed by means of multivariate logistic regression. RESULTS: 81.3% were women; the mean age was 68.4 years (SD: 8.8). The mean on the Visual Analogue Scale was 57.8 (SD: 17.4) in men and 55.8 (SD: 18.6) in women. The mean of the EQ-Health Index was 0.74 (SD: 0.17) in men and 0.65 (SD: 0.2) in women (p = 0.001). The probability of having problems of the EQ-5D showed sex as the most important factor (woman = 1/man = 0) in: self-care OR: 2.29 (95% CI 1.04-5.07) and daily activities OR: 3.09 (95% CI 1.67-5.71). Mobility was associated with age OR: 1.87 (95% CI 1.22-2.86), pain with area of residence OR: 2.51 (95% CI 1.18-5,34) and the BDI with anxiety/depression OR: 4,77 (95% CI 1.77-12,88). CONCLUSION: The perception quality of life of women with depression and physical comorbidity is lower than that of men and, in both cases, it is lower than that of the general population.