Prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with chronic digestive system diseases: A multicenter epidemiological study

• Published in: World journal of gastroenterology : WJG Vol. 22; no. 42; pp. 9437 - 9444
• Main Authors: Zhang, An-Zhong, Wang, Qing-Cai, Huang, Kun-Ming, Huang, Jia-Guo, Zhou, Chang-Hong, Sun, Fu-Qiang, Wang, Su-Wen, Wu, Feng-Ting
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 14.11.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anxiety - diagnosis; Anxiety - epidemiology; Anxiety - physiopathology; Anxiety - psychology; Body Mass Index; Chi-Square Distribution; China - epidemiology; Chronic Disease; Comorbidity; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression - diagnosis; Depression - epidemiology; Depression - physiopathology; Depression - psychology; Digestive System Diseases - diagnosis; Digestive System Diseases - epidemiology; Digestive System Diseases - physiopathology; Digestive System Diseases - psychology; Female; Health Status; Humans; Male; Marital Status; Middle Aged; Observational Study; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Sleep; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult; Depression; Anxiety; Psychiatric illnesses; Chronic digestive system diseases

AIM To investigate the prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with chronic digestive system diseases.METHODS A total of 1736 patients with chronic digestive systemdiseases were included in this cross-sectional study, including 871 outpatients and 865 in-patients. A selfdesigned General Inf...