Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment (May 2023)
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Anxiety Among Adult Patients with Chronic Pharyngitis in Wuhu, China
Abstract
Zhihong Zha,1,* Shuang Gao,2,* Shaofeng Liu,3 Guoqin Hu1 1Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Second People’s Hospital of Hefei, Hefei Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China; 2Anhui Public Health Clinical Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University North District, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Guoqin Hu, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Second People’s Hospital of Hefei, Hefei Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China, Email [email protected]: Chronic pharyngitis (CP) is a common disease, which has a long duration and a wide range of onset. Anxiety is considered to be a common complication in patients with CP. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the anxiety level and potentially influencing factors in patients with CP, to provide insights for the management of anxiety in patients with CP.Methods: A total of 104 adult patients with CP meeting the inclusion/exclusion criteria were enrolled from a single center in Wuhu, China between October 2015 and December 2016. A Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) was used to measure the status of anxiety. The relationship between SAS scores and illness period in patients with CP was analyzed by Pearson correlation test. Univariate analysis and binary logistic regression analysis were performed to analyze the risk factors of anxiety in patients with CP.Results: The average SAS score of 104 patients with CP was (44.17 ± 8.38), including 82 cases (78.85%) without anxiety and 22 cases (21.15%) with anxiety. Moreover, the illness period was found to be positively related to SAS scores in patients with CP (r = 0.378, P = 0.001). Furthermore, the results of univariate analysis showed that there were significant differences in anxiety state among CP patients with different age, illness period, source of treatment payment, and marital status (P < 0.05). Additionally, the results of binary logistic regression analysis showed that age, source of treatment payment, and marital status were the independent risk factors affecting the anxiety status of patients with CP (P < 0.05).Conclusion: These results suggested that CP patients with advanced age, self-pay, and unmarried status had higher risk for anxiety.Keywords: chronic pharyngitis, risk factor, self-rating anxiety scale, anxiety, prevalence
