title: Correlates of Disability in Asian Patients With Major Depressive Disorder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine correlates of disability in Asian patients with major depressive disorder (MDD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were outpatients with DSM-IV MDD. Global disability and three disability domains (i.e., work/school, social life/leisure, and family/home life) were key outcomes. Several socio-demographic and clinical characteristics were determined for their associations with disability.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The sample was 493 MDD patients. Apart from the number of hospitalizations, the global disability was significantly associated with depression severity, fatigue, physical health, and mental health. Several clinical but only few socio-demographic characteristics associated with the other three disability domains were similar.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Disability among Asian patients with MDD correlates with the severity of psychiatric symptoms and the hospitalizations due to depression. Socio-demographic characteristics have little impact on the overall disability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
authors.forename: Kanokkwan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eurviriyanukul
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand. manit.s@cmu.ac.th.
authors.forename: Manit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Srisurapanont
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand.
authors.forename: Pichet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Udomratn
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Ahmad Hatim
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Sulaiman
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Medical Center and Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan County, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chia-Yih
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011788:Quality of Life
keywords: Correlate; depressive disorder; disability; function; predictor