Anxiety and depression: a study of psychoaffective, family-related, and daily-life factors in celiac individuals
Nirla Gomes Guedes, Leonardo Alexandrino da Silva, Cristina Costa Bessa, Jorgiana Cavalcanti Dos Santos, Viviane Martins da Silva, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes, Nirla Gomes Guedes, Leonardo Alexandrino da Silva, Cristina Costa Bessa, Jorgiana Cavalcanti Dos Santos, Viviane Martins da Silva, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes
Abstract
Objective: To identify the prevalence of anxiety and depression and its association with psychoaffective, family-related, and daily-life variables of celiac individuals.
Methods: Crosssectional study, developed with 83 celiac patients in Fortaleza. An instrument was applied with variables grouped in the categories: psychoaffective, family-related, and daily-life.
Results: It was found that 52 celiac patients (62.7%) had anxiety and 29 (34.9%) had depression. The clinical conditions found and the number of symptoms increased the chance of anxiety/depression. The predominant factors in those with anxiety were Lack of control of the celiac disease (98.1%), Perceived clinical condition (75.0%), Daily obstacles for maintaining a gluten-free diet (63.4%), and Daily activities (55.8%). In those with depression, there was a higher prevalence of Lack of control of the celiac disease (100.0%), Perceived clinical condition (82.2%), and Daily obstacles for maintaining a gluten-free diet (69.0%).
Conclusion: Celiac individuals with anxiety and depression frameworks presented a higher frequency of Perceived clinical condition, Insufficient social support (psychoaffective factors) and Daily obstacles for maintaining a gluten-free diet (daily-life factor).
Source: PubMed