. 2017; 25(3): 89-92 | DOI: 10.5505/ias.2017.23327 | |||
How does chronic tonsillitis affects anxiety and depression?Ferit Akıl1, Serkan Dedeoglu1, Muhammed Ayral1, Muhammed Akif Deniz2, Esref Arac3, Ahmet Uzer4, Nesreddin Fatih Turgut51Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Diyarbakir Gaziyasargil Education and Research Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey2Department of Radiology, Diyarbakir Gaziyasargil Education and Research Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey 3Department of Internal Medicine, Diyarbakir Gaziyasargil Education and Research Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey 4Department of Psychiatry, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey 5Department of Otolaryngology, Artvin State Hospital Artvin, Turkey Chronic/recurrent tonsillitis is a condition that affects the quality of life with symptoms such as pain, fever, halitosis, and so forth. However, the effect of this condition on depression and anxiety has not been studied. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the complex relationship between chronic/recurrent tonsillitis and depression and anxiety in adult patients. The study included 60 female and 60 male patients and 25 healthy male and 25 healthy female controls, aged 18–40 years. The participants were made to fill out the Beck depression and anxiety inventories (BDI and BAI). Those who met the inclusion criteria were included. The averages and cutoff values of the total scores were investigated separately for males and females. Ferit Akıl, Serkan Dedeoglu, Muhammed Ayral, Muhammed Akif Deniz, Esref Arac, Ahmet Uzer, Nesreddin Fatih Turgut. How does chronic tonsillitis affects anxiety and depression?. . 2017; 25(3): 89-92 Sorumlu Yazar: Ferit Akıl, Türkiye |
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