Chronic Sinusitis Linked to Depression, Anxiety, Study Finds

People who have chronic rhinosinusitis (commonly referred to as chronic sinusitis and characterized by inflammation of nasal passages lasting more than 12 weeks) may be more likely to have depression and anxiety, according to astudy published yesterday inJAMA Otolaryngology –Head& Neck Surgery.Jong-Yeup Kim, M.D., Ph.D., of Hallym University College of Medicine, in South Korea and colleagues analyzed the health insurance records of 16,244 South Korean patients who received inpatient and outpatient care for chronic rhinosinusitis from January 2002 through December 2004. Each patient was tracked until December 31, 2013, or until the occurrence of depression and anxiety. The researchers then compared the rates of depression and anxiety in this group with those of 32,448 patients who did not have chronic rhinosinusitis in that period.During the follow-up period, there were 24.2 incidences of depression per 1,000 person-years in the chronic rhinosinusitis group, compared with 16 in the control group. There were 42.2 incidences of anxiety per 1,000 person-years in the chronic rhinosinusitis group, compared with 27.8 in the control group.In their discussion, the researchers noted that although people with chronic rhinosinusitis have higher rates of depression and anxiety, the relationship between chronic rhinosinusitis and these conditions remains unclear: “Despite its clinical importance, the causal association between [chronic rhinosinusitis] and psychiatric comorbidities ...
Source: Psychiatr News - Category: Psychiatry Tags: anxiety depression Edward D. McCoul JAMA Otolaryngology –Head & Neck Surgery Jong-Yeup Kim rhinosinusitis Source Type: research