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Marital quality and its relation with depression: a case-control study

Background Marital relationship may be adversely affected due to depression in spouse. Usually the non-affected partner is main caregiver and responsible for caregiving.

Methods This was cross sectional case control study with sample size of 252 subjects (151 cases and 151 healthy controls). Cases were diagnosed as per DSM-IV-TR criteria. Quality of marriage was assessed using Marital Quality Scale.

Results Quality of marital relationship was significantly poor among cases. Marital quality further worsened with severity of Depression.

Conclusions Depression negatively affects quality of marriage.