Ozlem Simsek
Sakarya University, Turkey
Title: Anxiety And Depression As Emotional Problems In Patients With Chronic Heart, Kidney And Respiratory Disorders
Biography
Biography: Ozlem Simsek
Abstract
Psychiatric comorbidities are common in people with chronic diseases and negatively influence their life quality. Our study was conducted to evaluate the emotional status of patients receiving inpatient treatment for chronic heart, kidney and respiratory tract diseases and to identify the factors associated with anxiety and depression. 301 patients with psychiatric diseases, hospitalized in the chest, cardiology and nephrology clinics between 2014-16, were included. Data were collected face to face interview. Socio-demographic characteristics were recorded. Emotional status was determined by the "Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD)" consisting of 14 questions answered by the patient. The anxiety rate was 52.2% and the depression rate was 81.7%. There was anxiety in 66% of patients with respiratory disease, in 46.6% of patients with heart disease and in 44.3% of patients with renal disease. The difference between groups was statistically significant (= 0.027). Depression was found to be 89.7% in cardiac, 86.6% in respiratory and 65.9% in renal patients, and there was no statistically significant difference between the groups (p <0.001). The relationship between emotional status and sociodemographic characteristics was examined, and no difference was found in terms of gender, marital, working status and education level. There was a significant positive correlation between age and depression scores (r = 0.173, p = 0.003).
Psychiatric comorbidities such as depression, anxiety, respiratory, heart and kidney diseases can negatively affect the treatment process of patients and may alleviate somatic diseases. Thus, it may be useful to provide psychosocial support besides treatment of such chronic diseases.
Keywords: Chronic Diseases, anxiety, depression, emotional status.