QoL

While many depression treatments focus only on reducing depressive symptoms, there is another important measure to be considered called quality of life. Quality of life is a patient’s own assessment of their daily well-being, including how they feel, how they function, and their ability to find pleasure in life activities. Quality of life is an important measure because simply feeling “less depressed” does not always mean a person has fully regained their ability to enjoy life or function as they did before depression. In this study, researchers focus on measuring 3 different treatments’ effects on quality of life.