PERSONALITY DISORDERS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN A PORTUGUESE PRIMARY CARE PATIENT´S CLINICAL SAMPLE

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.3691923108

• Palavras-chave: Atena

• Keywords: Personality disorders, primary health care, quality of life.

• Abstract:

  Background: Personality

  disorders appeared to be more important

  statistical predictors of quality of life than

  sociodemographic variables, somatic health

  and Axis I disorders. Objectives: Determine

  associations between a diagnosis of personality

  disorder and quality of life (general and

  dimensions). Methods: A sample of 184

  individuals (24.5% male, 75.5% female). The

  SCID-II for DSM-V was used to measure

  personality disorders, and WHOQL-bref for

  quality of life. Multivariate analysis was used

  to test hypotheses of association between

  personality pathology and general/specific

  domains of quality of life. Results: Personality

  disorders were diagnosed in 52.7% of the

  sample. Individuals with personality disorder

  have worse quality of life (p≤.05). A most

  expressive association between the social

  relation domain and cluster A (r=-.195), between

  environment domain and cluster B (r=-.155), and

  finally between the psychological domain and

  cluster C (r=-.223).Conclusion: The more PDs

  that existed and the more personality criteria

  fulfilled, the poorer the quality of life, pointing to

  the importance of comorbidity and continuity of

  psychopathology.

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