Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry (생물정신의학)

The Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry (대한생물정신의학회)
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The Group Differences with or without Depressive Symptom-Related Difficulty

우울 증상과 관련된 어려움 유무에 따른 집단 차이

  • Lee, Hye-Kyung (Health Service Center, Kongju National University) ;
  • Kim, Jun Won (Department of Psychiatry, Gongju National Hospital) ;
  • Song, Yul-Mai (Neuropsychiatry Research Laboratory, Gongju National Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Kounseok (Department of Psychiatry, Gongju National Hospital)
  • 이혜경 (국립공주대학교 보건진료소) ;
  • 김준원 (국립공주병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 송열매 (국립공주병원 뇌기능연구소) ;
  • 이건석 (국립공주병원 정신건강의학과)
  • Received : 2013.02.05
  • Accepted : 2013.03.07
  • Published : 2013.05.31
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Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study was to examine the differences according to depressive symptom-related difficulty status. Methods 2828 participants were a divided into depressive symptom-related difficulty group (difficult group, n = 774), and a non-depressive symptom-related difficulty group (not difficult group, n = 2054). The psychological character of the participants were assessed using the Korean version of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), and Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). Statistical analyses were done using t-test, chi-square, and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Results Compared with the no difficulty group, the difficulty group reported significantly higher score in all items of PHQ-9. The score of "feeling tired" was the highest and the score of "suicidal ideation" is the lowest in both groups. ANCOVA analysis that is adjusted with the total score of PHQ-9 showed the differences in SWLS, GHQ-12, and CD-RISC scores between the difficulty group and the no difficulty group. Conclusions The findings suggest that there are different characters on PHQ-9, SWLS, GHQ-12, and CD-RISC according to depressive symptom-related difficulty. Therefore, it is required not only to evaluate depressive symptoms in patients with depression, but also the depressive symptom-related difficulty to understand these differences.

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