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August 2017, Volume: 9, Issue: 8, Pages: 5107-5112, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.19082/5107 Anxiety and depression in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disorder Seyed Alireza Haji Seyed Javadi1, Ali Akbar Shafikhani2 MD of Psychiatry, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran 2 MSc. in Occupational Health Engineering, Department of Occupational Health, Faculty of Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran 1

Type of article: Original Abstract Background: Evidence shows an influence relationship between described symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD) and emotional state. Objective: To determine the relationship between anxiety and depression with GERD in patients referred to the endoscopy unit of Bouali-Sina Hospital in Qazvin. Methods: This case-control study was conducted in the endoscopy unit of Bouali-Sina Hospital in Qazvin, Iran, from April 2014 through May 2015. Two hundred individuals (100 patients with GERD and 100 healthy individuals as a control group) were enrolled into the current study. All subjects completed the hospital anxiety and depression questionnaire. GERD was diagnosed based on the Los Angeles classification system. Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics in addition to clinical history of subjects were collected and analyzed using proper statistical methods (independent-samples t-test and AVOVA) and using SPSS version 22. Results: Among the recruited patients, 50 subjects had erosive esophagitis (ERD) and 50 had non-erosive esophagitis (NERD). The anxiety score was significantly higher in the NERD group than the ERD and control groups (p=0.017; p

Anxiety and depression in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disorder.

Evidence shows an influence relationship between described symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD) and emotional state...
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