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Suicide attempts are associated with worse quality of life in patients with bipolar disorder type I.
Comprehensive Psychiatry 2012 Februrary
BACKGROUND: The association between suicidal behavior and quality of life (QoL) in bipolar disorder (BD) is poorly understood. Worse QoL has been associated with suicide attempts and suicidal ideation in schizophrenic patients, but this relationship has not been investigated in BD. This study tested whether a history of suicide attempts was associated with poor QoL in a well-characterized sample of patients with BD, as has been observed in other psychiatric disorders and in the general population.
METHODS: One hundred eight patients with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition BD type I (44 with previous suicide attempts, 64 without previous suicide attempts) were studied. Quality of life was assessed using the World Health Organization's Quality of Life Instrument-Short Version. Depressive and manic symptoms were assessed using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-17 items and the Young Mania Rating Scale.
RESULTS: Patients with BD and previous suicide attempts had significantly lower scores in all the 4 domains of the World Health Organization's Quality of Life Instrument-Short Version scale than did patients with BD but no previous suicide attempts (physical domain P = .001; psychological domain P < .0001; social domain P = .001, and environmental domain P = .039). In the euthymic subgroup (n = 70), patients with previous suicide attempts had significantly lower scores only in the psychological and social domains (P = .020 and P = .004).
LIMITATIONS: This was a cross-sectional study, and no causal associations can be assumed.
CONCLUSIONS: Patients with BD and a history of previous suicide attempts seem to have a worse QoL than did patients who never attempted suicide. Poorer QoL might be a marker of poor copying skills and inadequate social support and be a risk factor for suicidal behavior in BD. Alternatively, poorer QoL and suicidal behavior might be different expressions of more severe BD.
METHODS: One hundred eight patients with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition BD type I (44 with previous suicide attempts, 64 without previous suicide attempts) were studied. Quality of life was assessed using the World Health Organization's Quality of Life Instrument-Short Version. Depressive and manic symptoms were assessed using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-17 items and the Young Mania Rating Scale.
RESULTS: Patients with BD and previous suicide attempts had significantly lower scores in all the 4 domains of the World Health Organization's Quality of Life Instrument-Short Version scale than did patients with BD but no previous suicide attempts (physical domain P = .001; psychological domain P < .0001; social domain P = .001, and environmental domain P = .039). In the euthymic subgroup (n = 70), patients with previous suicide attempts had significantly lower scores only in the psychological and social domains (P = .020 and P = .004).
LIMITATIONS: This was a cross-sectional study, and no causal associations can be assumed.
CONCLUSIONS: Patients with BD and a history of previous suicide attempts seem to have a worse QoL than did patients who never attempted suicide. Poorer QoL might be a marker of poor copying skills and inadequate social support and be a risk factor for suicidal behavior in BD. Alternatively, poorer QoL and suicidal behavior might be different expressions of more severe BD.
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