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Sensory processing patterns, coping strategies, and quality of life among patients with major affective disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

B. Engel-Yeger ,
G. Serafini ,
X. Gonda ,
M. Pompili  and
M. Amore
B. Engel-Yeger
Affiliation:
Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Occupational Therapy, Haifa, Israel
G. Serafini*
Affiliation:
Section of Psychiatry, San Martino Hospital, University of Genoa, Neuroscience DINOGMI, Genoa, Italy
X. Gonda
Affiliation:
Kutvolgyi Clinical Center, Semmelweis University, Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Budapest, Hungary
M. Pompili
Affiliation:
Sant’Andrea Hospital, University of Rome, Neurosciences, Rome, Italy
M. Amore
Affiliation:
Section of Psychiatry, San Martino Hospital, University of Genoa, Neuroscience, Genoa, Italy
*
* Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Several studies suggested the involvement of sensory perception in emotional processes and major affective disorders. Similarly, cognitive capacities and coping strategies are reported to influence quality of life of patients with unipolar and bipolar disorders.

Objectives

The main objective of this study was to investigate the nature of the association between sensory processing patterns, coping strategies, and quality of life among patients with major affective disorders.

Aims

The study aimed to compare unipolar/bipolar patients concerning sensory processing, coping strategies and quality of life (QOL); examine correlations between sensory processing and QOL; investigate the relative contribution of socio-demographic characteristics, sensory processing, and coping strategies to the prediction of QOL.

Methods

Two hundred and sixty-seven participants, aged 16–85 years (mean = 53.6 ± 15.7), 157 diagnosed with unipolar major depressive disorder and 110 with bipolar disorder type I and type II completed the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile, Coping Orientations to Problems Experienced, and Short Form 12 Health Survey 2.

Results

The unipolar and bipolar groups did not differ concerning sensory processing, coping strategies, and QOL. Sensory processing patterns correlated with QOL independently of the mediation by coping strategies. Correlations between low registration, sensory sensitivity, sensation avoidance, and reduced QOL were found more frequently in unipolar patients than bipolar patients. Elevated physical QOL was mainly predicted by lower age and lower sensory sensitivity whereas elevated mental QOL was mainly predicted by coping strategies.

Conclusions

Future studies should further investigate the impact of sensory processing and coping strategies on patients’ QOL to enhance adaptive and functional behaviors related to affective disturbances.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
EW54
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 33 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 24th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2016 , pp. S126
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2016
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