Qualidade de vida no transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo ; um estudo com usuários da atenção básica

Abstract

Introduction: Quality of life (QOL) can be affected by the presence of mental disorders, like the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Considering that, the evaluation and monitoring of QOL in patients with mental disorders allows the identification of priorities, allowing implementing actions to improve QOL on health system users. Objective: To measure QOL in OCD patients from primary health care. Methods: Cross-sectional study with convenience sample, including all users of the four Basic Health Units of Catholic University of Pelotas, Brazil. The quality of life was measurement with the WHOQOL-Bref and OCD through the M.I.N.I. Data analysis: Data will be collected by psychologists and psychiatrists, entered in the Epi-Info 4.6 and analyzed using the statistical package SPSS 13.0. The Student t test, ANOVA and Bonferroni test will be used to compare the means of quality of life and independent variables. For the multivariate analysis, multiple linear regression will be performed.