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Chronic rhinosinusitis, depression linked
Dr. Jamie R. Litvack, Dr. Timothy Smith, Jess Mace and Kenneth James of Oregon Health and Science University in Portland in Oregon recommend physicians who wish to optimize their patients' health, screen for both chronic rhinosinusitis and depression.
The researchers studied 73 patients with chronic rhinosinusitis -- long-term sinus and nasal inflammation. They found 9.6 percent reported histories of depression. However, when the patients were screened using an objective questionnaire, 20.5 percent scored in the range of a major depressive disorder.
The researchers also find patients with both depression and chronic rhinosinusitis scored significantly worse than the chronic rhinosinusitis patients without depression in most quality of life measures -- including bodily pain and physical and social functioning.
The findings were presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery Foundation in San Diego.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 10/09/2009
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