title: Quality of life and mood disorder episodes: community sample.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess quality of life among Brazilian young adults who are 18-24 years old and who experience depressive, manic/hypomanic, and mixed episodes.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a cross-sectional population-based study. The sample was selected in clusters. Mood disorders were assessed using a short, structured diagnostic interview-the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) for DSM-IV and ICD-10 psychiatric disorders. Quality of life was assessed by the MOS 36-item Short-form General Health Survey (SF-36).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The sample comprised 1560 young adults. The prevalence ratio of mood disorder episodes were as follows: 10.0% depressive episode, 2.3% manic/hypomanic episode, and 2.4% mixed episode. Lower scores were found in all domains of quality of life among young adults who experience mood disorder episodes when compared to the general population (p<0.001 in the eight domains of the SF-36). Moreover, the impact on quality of life was higher among young adults with mixed episodes, followed by depressive episodes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Young adults with mood disorders, even without a previous diagnosis of bipolar disorder, have an impaired quality of life in comparison to the general population.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Comportamento, Universidade Católica de Pelotas, 412 Pelotas, Pelotas, RS 96010-000, Brazil.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: Thaíse
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Campos Mondin
authors.forename: Taiane de
authors.initials: Td
authors.lastname: Azevedo Cardoso
authors.forename: Liliane da
authors.initials: Ld
authors.lastname: Costa Ores
authors.forename: Luciano Dias
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: de Mattos Souza
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tavares Pinheiro
authors.forename: Pedro Vieira
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: da Silva Magalhães
authors.forename: Ricardo Azevedo
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: da Silva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult