Anxiety and depression in patients with nasal septal deviation
Anxiety and depression in patients with nasal septal deviation
复制标题
DOI:
10.1016/j.amjoto.2020.102450
复制
发表时间:
2020-05-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Shi, Haibo
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Ma, Qiang;Su, Kaiming;Shi, Haibo
Objective: Nasal septal deviation (NSD) has a significant impact on patients' quality of life; however, there have been limited studies examining the psychological status of NSD patients. In this study, symptoms of depression and anxiety were investigated between NSD patients and controls using a self-report questionnaire.Methods: A case-control study design was used to evaluate the psychological burden of NSD in patients who visited the general hospital. The control group comprised of ENT outpatients without a history of chronic nasal disease. The Zung Self-rating Anxiety/Depression Scale (SDS/SAS) was used to evaluate the prevalence and severity of anxiety and depression between the NSD and control group.Results: Seventy-six patients with NSD and 79 control patients were enrolled in the study. We found that depression and anxiety, as well as the co-morbidity of depression with anxiety, were more common in the NSD group in comparison to the control (39.5% vs 22.8%, p = 0.025; 38.2% vs 15.2%, p = 0.001; and 27.6% vs 11.4%, p = 0.011, respectively). The average SDS and SAS score was higher in NSD patients compared to controls (SDS: 49.7 +/- 13.1 vs 45.2 +/- 10.4, p = 0.019 and SAS: 48.1 +/- 11.6 vs 41.3 +/- 9.3, p < 0.001, respectively), and NSD patients were found to have more severe levels of anxiety and depression.Conclusion: Depression and anxiety are more common and severe in patients with NSD. Therefore, psychological distress should be taken into consideration during the diagnostic and therapeutic process for patients with NSD.