The assessment of anxiety and depression state in Meniere's disease patients.
- Author:
Ping WU
1
;
Haitao WANG
;
Ziming WU
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the 12th Hospital of Guangzhou, Guangzhou, 510620, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Anxiety;
diagnosis;
Depression;
diagnosis;
Female;
Humans;
Male;
Meniere Disease;
psychology;
therapy;
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
- From:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2012;26(11):516-518
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the incidence of anxiety and depression state in patients with Meniere's disease, to provide objective evidence for curing Meniere's disease effectively.
METHOD:Hamilton anxiety scale and Hamilton depression scale were used to quantitatively analyze the anxiety and depression state of 60 patients with untreated definite Meniere's disease and 20 normal controls.
RESULT:The scores of patients with Meniere's disease was significantly higher than that of normal controls (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in scores between the males and females in Meniere's disease patients (P > 0.05).
CONCLUSION:Patients with Meniere's disease experienced high level of anxiety and depression. The treatment should not only focus on the physiological disorder but also the psychiatric and emotional problems.
