Nasim Gharaati, Ehssan Amini, Mehran Abdollahi, Mohammad R Maracy, Sayyed Hamidreza Abtahi and Gholam R Kheirabadi
Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is one of the prevalent inflammatory diseases all over the world. Recent studies have shown some kind of relation between CRS and mood disorders such as depression and anxiety this study aims to assess this relationship in an outpatient setting. Methods: In this case control study 162 CRS patients and 151 healthy subjects as control group were selected. Hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) questionnaire was presented to all of them. Depression and anxiety subscales of the questionnaire were compared in two groups. Results: According to depression 21.6% of case group and 21.2% of control group were scaled as depressed and 34% of cases and 32.7% of control subjects were in need of medical care for anxiety. None of these differences were statistically significant. Conclusion: Although depression and anxiety are prevalent in CRS patients but it is not more prevalent than normal population.