title: The course of anxiety and depression in surgical and non-surgical patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to compare the level of anxiety and depression in patients admitted to surgery or internal departments.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was carried out on 359 hospitalized patients over the age of 18 years and designed as a cross sectional survey. Participants were recruited from internal medicine and surgery departments of Khatam Ol Anbia hospital, Tehran, Iran. Information was collected using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ninety-four (26.18%) patients had no anxiety and depression, 96 (26.7%) were borderline cases of anxiety, 140 (39%) were very anxious, 89 (24.8%) were borderline cases of depression, and 106 (29.5%) had depressed mood. There was a significant correlation between anxious mood and sex and duration of background disease as well as between the level of depressive mood and age. Patients with anxiety are significantly more prone to depression. However there were no significant differences between the level of anxiety or depression between surgical or non-surgical patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of anxious and depressive moods was high in both surgical and non-surgical patients. However, non-surgical treatments were as stressful as surgical procedures for patients admitted to hospital in the first 24 h.
authors.affiliation: Shefa Neuroscience Research Center , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Seyedeh Samaneh
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Esteghamat
authors.forename: Sanaz
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moghaddami
authors.forename: Seyedeh Sana
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Esteghamat
authors.forename: Hadi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kazemi
authors.forename: Peir Hossein
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Kolivand
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gorji
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057234:Preoperative Period; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013997:Time Factors