Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Chronic Lower Limb Ischaemia

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Anxiety and Depression in Patients with
Chronic Lower Limb Ischaemia
Piotrkowska R,Książek J,Dobosz M,
et al.,
Health Sci J. 2015, 10:1.

The aim of the foregoing paper was to evaluate the level of anxiety and depression
in patients with chronic lower limb ischaemia.
The research material was patients of the Clinic of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery at
the University Clinical Centre in Gdańsk that were qualified for surgical treatment
and Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty.
A diagnostic poll method was used for the purpose of this paper. Sociodemographic
and clinical data was collected with the use of an original survey
questionnaire. Evaluation of the presence of negative emotions such as anxiety
and depression was conducted with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
(HADS). First examination was performed in the first day of hospitalization, the
next in the third and sixth month from the date of the first examination.
The average value of anxiety level in particular measurements reached similar
levels and placed the examined groups at the borderline. The average value
of depression placed the group of patients treated surgically on the verge of
depression. In terms of depression, patients qualified for surgical treatment were
given higher points.
Conclusions:
1. Patients undergoing Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty showed
borderline symptoms of anxiety, whereas patients treated surgically
showed borderline symptoms of anxiety and depression during a six-month
observation.
2. Patients qualified for surgical treatment showed higher level of depression.
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