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Can the concepts of depression and quality of life be integrated using a time perspective?
BACKGROUND: Little is understood about the conceptual relationship of depression and quality of life (QoL). Judgments concerning both, implicitly or explicitly, involve a time perspective. The aim of this study was to test de Leval's theoretical model linking depression and QoL with a time pers...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC545054/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15634354 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-3-1 |
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description | BACKGROUND: Little is understood about the conceptual relationship of depression and quality of life (QoL). Judgments concerning both, implicitly or explicitly, involve a time perspective. The aim of this study was to test de Leval's theoretical model linking depression and QoL with a time perspective. The model predicts that changes in cognitions about one's past, present and future QoL, will be associated with changes in depressive symptomatology. METHODS: Eighteen psychiatric in-patients with a clinically confirmed diagnosis of depression were assessed on commencing treatment and 12 weeks later. QoL was assessed by the Schedule for Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life (SEIQoL), depression by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) and hopelessness by the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS). Time perspective was incorporated by asking QoL questions about the past, present and future. RESULTS: Depression and hopelessness were associated with a poorer present QoL. Depression lowered present QoL but did not alter future QoL, as these remained consistently high whether participants were depressed or recovering. However, depressed individuals had a larger gap between their actual present QoL and future (aspired to) QoL. Changes in QoL were influenced by depression and hopelessness. Contrary to the model, perception of "past" QoL was not affected by depression or hopelessness. CONCLUSIONS: de Leval's model was largely confirmed. Thus depression and hopelessness influence a person's present and future QoL. The analysis of a temporal horizon was helpful in understanding the link between depression and QoL. |
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spelling | pubmed-5450542005-01-23 Can the concepts of depression and quality of life be integrated using a time perspective? Moore, Margaret Höfer, Stefan McGee, Hannah Ring, Lena Health Qual Life Outcomes Research BACKGROUND: Little is understood about the conceptual relationship of depression and quality of life (QoL). Judgments concerning both, implicitly or explicitly, involve a time perspective. The aim of this study was to test de Leval's theoretical model linking depression and QoL with a time perspective. The model predicts that changes in cognitions about one's past, present and future QoL, will be associated with changes in depressive symptomatology. METHODS: Eighteen psychiatric in-patients with a clinically confirmed diagnosis of depression were assessed on commencing treatment and 12 weeks later. QoL was assessed by the Schedule for Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life (SEIQoL), depression by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) and hopelessness by the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS). Time perspective was incorporated by asking QoL questions about the past, present and future. RESULTS: Depression and hopelessness were associated with a poorer present QoL. Depression lowered present QoL but did not alter future QoL, as these remained consistently high whether participants were depressed or recovering. However, depressed individuals had a larger gap between their actual present QoL and future (aspired to) QoL. Changes in QoL were influenced by depression and hopelessness. Contrary to the model, perception of "past" QoL was not affected by depression or hopelessness. CONCLUSIONS: de Leval's model was largely confirmed. Thus depression and hopelessness influence a person's present and future QoL. The analysis of a temporal horizon was helpful in understanding the link between depression and QoL. BioMed Central 2005-01-05 /pmc/articles/PMC545054/ /pubmed/15634354 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-3-1 Text en Copyright © 2005 Moore et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Moore, Margaret Höfer, Stefan McGee, Hannah Ring, Lena Can the concepts of depression and quality of life be integrated using a time perspective? |
title | Can the concepts of depression and quality of life be integrated using a time perspective? |
title_full | Can the concepts of depression and quality of life be integrated using a time perspective? |
title_fullStr | Can the concepts of depression and quality of life be integrated using a time perspective? |
title_full_unstemmed | Can the concepts of depression and quality of life be integrated using a time perspective? |
title_short | Can the concepts of depression and quality of life be integrated using a time perspective? |
title_sort | can the concepts of depression and quality of life be integrated using a time perspective? |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC545054/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15634354 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-3-1 |
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