Rebecca Brandsted1, Raj Sindwani. 1. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Depression is associated with increased symptom burden in the setting of chronic medical conditions. Studies investigating the influence of depression on the symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) are lacking. The purpose of this project was to establish the prevalence of depression in patients with CRS and to explore the impact of this disorder on disease-specific symptoms and general quality of life (QOL) in the preoperative and postoperative setting. METHODS: We reviewed the records of 320 consecutive patients presenting with sinonasal symptoms to our specialty sinus clinic. Patients with CRS were evaluated by nasal endoscopy, CT imaging, and validated questionnaires including the Chronic Sinusitis Survey and SF-8 Health Survey, a QOL measurement. Findings in CRS patients with depression were compared with a matched-control group of CRS patients without depression before and after endoscopic sinus surgery. RESULTS: Overall, 26% of patients presenting with sinonasal symptoms had a diagnosis of depression. After evaluation including CT imaging, 33% of the initial population was diagnosed with CRS. The prevalence of depression in these CRS patients was 25%. Disease-specific symptoms were similar between groups; however, depressed CRS patients reported significantly worse pain and energy level and difficulty with daily activities (p < 0.050) when compared with a control group of CRS patients without depression. Postoperatively, nondepressed patients showed a marked improvement in disease-specific as well as general QOL scores (p < 0.050), whereas depressed patients did not. CONCLUSION: CRS patients with and without depression have similarly poor disease-specific symptoms. However, depressed CRS patients have poorer disease-specific and overall QOL outcomes after sinus surgery.
BACKGROUND:Depression is associated with increased symptom burden in the setting of chronic medical conditions. Studies investigating the influence of depression on the symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) are lacking. The purpose of this project was to establish the prevalence of depression in patients with CRS and to explore the impact of this disorder on disease-specific symptoms and general quality of life (QOL) in the preoperative and postoperative setting. METHODS: We reviewed the records of 320 consecutive patients presenting with sinonasal symptoms to our specialty sinus clinic. Patients with CRS were evaluated by nasal endoscopy, CT imaging, and validated questionnaires including the Chronic Sinusitis Survey and SF-8 Health Survey, a QOL measurement. Findings in CRSpatients with depression were compared with a matched-control group of CRSpatients without depression before and after endoscopic sinus surgery. RESULTS: Overall, 26% of patients presenting with sinonasal symptoms had a diagnosis of depression. After evaluation including CT imaging, 33% of the initial population was diagnosed with CRS. The prevalence of depression in these CRSpatients was 25%. Disease-specific symptoms were similar between groups; however, depressed CRSpatients reported significantly worse pain and energy level and difficulty with daily activities (p < 0.050) when compared with a control group of CRSpatients without depression. Postoperatively, nondepressed patients showed a marked improvement in disease-specific as well as general QOL scores (p < 0.050), whereas depressedpatients did not. CONCLUSION:CRSpatients with and without depression have similarly poor disease-specific symptoms. However, depressed CRSpatients have poorer disease-specific and overall QOL outcomes after sinus surgery.
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