A Study On Prevalence And Influencing Factors Of Depression/anxiety In Somatic Disease Patients

Objective: To appraise depression /anxiety status quo and influencing factors among patients from neurology, gastroenterology, gynecology and cardiology sections of polyclinic. To know about information about depression /anxiety distribution in somatic disease patients, and diagnosis, treatment and so on.Methods: 862 cases including outpatients and inpatients from neurology, gastroenterology, gynecology and cardiology sections of 4 polyclinics were collected with standard questionnaire which was done through face-to-face. Patients' emotional status was evaluated by hospital anxiety and depression scale (HAD) which was filled in by themselves, and a psychiatric doctor would appraise with Hamilton depression scale (HAMD)/Hamilton anxiety scale (HAMA) if the patients' score was more than 9 in HAD.Results: 17.87% patients had depression or anxiety emotion, 62.99% of which were identified as depression or anxiety disorder by a psychiatric doctor. The prevalence of depression or anxiety disorder was 12.65% in somatic disease patients investigated. The patients of digestive disease, suffered the highest prevalence of depression or anxiety, i.e. 25.68%. The prevalence rate of patients identified as depression co-morbid with anxiety disorder was 56.88%. By inquiring the patients whether they were identified depression or anxiety before or accepted anti depression or anxiety therapy before, we got the result that among patients who were identified as depression or anxiety in this...