title: Depression, anxiety, and their relation with clinical parametersand androgen levels in hirsute women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of anxiety and depression among patients with hirsutism and to evaluate the relationships of anxiety and depression with clinical parameters and androgen levels.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and seven women with hirsutism were enrolled in the study. All participants completed standardized questionnaires to assess depression (Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)) and anxiety (Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)). The Ferriman-Gallwey (FG) scores, body mass indexes (BMIs), homeostatic model assessments of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), and serum androgen levels of all patients were obtained.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy-four of the 107 patients (69.15%) had BDI scores indicating depression, and 47 of the 107 patients (43.9%) had BAI scores indicating anxiety disorders. No difference was found between high BAI and normal BAI patients related to BMI, age, FG scores, testosterone levels, and HOMA-IR levels (P > 0.05), and no difference was found between high BDI and normal BDI patients related to BMI, age, FG scores, free testosterone levels, and HOMA-IR levels. There was a positive correlation between BDI scores and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEA-S) levels (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found considerable amounts of depression, anxiety, and the coexistence of depression and anxiety in patients with hirsutism. Depression and the severity of depressive symptoms were positively correlated with DHEA-S levels.
authors: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, İstanbul Ok Meydanı Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors: Leyla
authors: L
authors: İrak
authors: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, Turgut Özal University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Halise
authors: H
authors: Çinar Yavuz
authors: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Berçem
authors: B
authors: Ayçiçek Doğan
authors: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey.
authors: Türkan
authors: T
authors: Mete
authors: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Dilek
authors: D
authors: Berker
authors: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Serdar
authors: S
authors: Güler
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety; D003863:Depression; D003866:Depressive Disorder; D005260:Female; D006628:Hirsutism; D006801:Humans; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
keywords: Anxiety; depression; hirsutism