[Abstract] Objective To investigate the life quality of major depression patients and the influence of fluoxetine on life quality in major depression.Methods We used the method of case-control study. HAMD,SF-36 and TESS were used to evaluate the depressed symptoms,life qualities and side reaction.All patients were given six-week therapies of fluoxetine and assessed with above scales before and after therapy.T test and ANOVA were used to compare means between groups.The Pearson correlation analysis was done between clinical effect of fluoxetine and improvement of life quality.Results (1)Life qualities of patients (before and after treatment) were significantly lower than normal group.(2)Six-week treatment later,each factor’s score of SF-36 had a significant difference compared with the score before therapy (P