title: [Quality of life in psychosomatic diseases].
abstract: To study life quality (LQ) in psychosomatic diseases, 104 patients (58 females and 46 males) with these diseases were examined. Among them there were 35 patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), 28 with arterial hypertension (AH), 21 with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), 20 with duodenal peptic ulcer (PU). A matched group comprised 26 patients with acute pneumonia (AP). Low LQ was determined according to all 3 components: somatic, mental, and social. The lowest LQ was noted in patients with CHD, AH, and DM, indicating severity of these diseases accompanying marked changes in all spheres of life. PU was characterized by higher values that showed a fair LQ and that were due to a more favorable course of the disease. Patients with AP had a high LQ, which suggests that this acute disease does not lower LQ or accompany pronounced changes in human life. By and large, paychosomatic patients' LQ depended on age, severity, stage, and duration of a disease, disability.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Novikova
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Sidorov
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Solov'ev
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003327:Coronary Disease; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011014:Pneumonia; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors