Table 2.
Correlations between sociodemographic, clinical characteristics, and neurocognitive functions, and WHOQL-BREF domain scores in euthymic MDD and BD patients
| Patients (n=49) | QOL domains | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical | Psychological | Social | Environmental | |||||
| MDD | BD | MDD | BD | MDD | BD | MDD | BD | |
| Gender | 0.233 | −0.108 | 0.245 | −0.089 | 0.383** | 0.093 | 0.237 | 0.053 |
| Age | 0.217 | −0.149 | 0.280 | −0.146 | 0.478** | −0.306* | 0.149 | −0.167 |
| Marital status | −0.344* | −0.007 | −0.397** | 0.088 | −0.440** | 0.060 | −0.349** | 0.010 |
| Education | −0.268 | −0.098 | −0.208 | −0.236 | 0.299* | −0.136 | 0.068 | −0.037 |
| Duration of illness | −0.193 | −0.105 | −0.179 | 0.000 | −0.127 | −0.163 | −0.024 | −0.165 |
| Age at onset | 0.354* | −0.097 | 0.400** | −0.163 | 0.549** | −0.218 | 0.169 | −0.061 |
| Recurrence times | −0.134 | −0.278* | −0.200 | −0.309* | −0.008 | −0.166 | −0.006 | −0.314* |
| HAMD total score | −0.543** | −0.179 | −0.514** | −0.312* | −0.549** | −0.232 | −0.464** | −0.073 |
| HAMA total score | −0.378** | −0.239 | −0.283 | −0.260* | −0.291* | −0.173 | −0.416** | −0.039 |
| YMRS total score | −0.270 | 0.151 | −0.149 | 0.172 | −0.215 | 0.145 | −0.261 | 0.131 |
| RBANS total score | −0.198 | −0.032 | −0.089 | −0.202 | −0.005 | −0.226 | 0.062 | −0.019 |
| Attention | 0.069 | −0.020 | 0.043 | −0.268* | −0.024 | −0.123 | 0.139 | −0.257 |
| Language | −0.072 | 0.053 | 0.059 | 0.077 | −0.002 | 0.002 | 0.092 | 0.092 |
| Visuospatial | −0.257 | −0.101 | −0.104 | −0.054 | −0.117 | −0.236 | −0.005 | −0.049 |
| Immediate memory | −0.259 | −0.010 | −0.198 | −0.052 | −0.070 | −0.149 | 0.022 | 0.086 |
| Delayed memory | −0.144 | 0.076 | −0.100 | −0.104 | 0.111 | −0.076 | 0.044 | 0.060 |
| SCT | ||||||||
| Sword time | 0.191 | −0.042 | 0.088 | 0.030 | 0.095 | 0.054 | −0.011 | −0.032 |
| Scolour time | 0.012 | 0.238 | 0.006 | 0.259 | −0.031 | 0.145 | −0.184 | 0.106 |
| Dword time | 0.247 | −0.151 | 0.217 | −0.193 | 0.286 | −0.139 | 0.068 | −0.267* |
| Dcolour time | −0.004 | 0.226 | −0.092 | 0.175 | 0.105 | 0.100 | −0.089 | 0.064 |
Notes: *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
Abbreviations: QOL, quality of life; HAMD, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; HAMA, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale; YMRS, Young Mania Rating Scale; RBANS, repeated neuropsychologicalassessment scale; SCT, Stroop Color Test; WHOQOL-BREF, World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale Brief.