Community Health Journal

Community Health Journal

A Comparison of Obsessive Beliefs, Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients with Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease and Healthy Individuals in Ahvaz in 2016

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
S A Marashi 1
Kh Jenadeleh 2
K Beshlideh 3
1 MD, MPH, PhD, Dept of Clinical Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.
2 MSc, Dept of Clinical Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.
3 PhD, Dept of Industrial Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.
10.22123/chj.2019.115896.1085
Abstract
Introduction: Psychological factors such as obsessive beliefs, depression and anxiety have a major impact not only on the mental and physical health of individuals but also on the treatment, recovery and relapse of the disease. The aim of this research was to compare obsessive beliefs, depression and anxiety among inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD) patients and healthy people.
Materials and Methods: This research is a descriptive and causal-comparative study. Using purposeful sampling, 150 people, including 50 healthy subjects, 50 patients with inflammatory bowel disease and 50 patients with GERD were selected as the sample. Data were collected using the Obsessive Belief Questionnaire, the Depression Questionnaire and the Anxiety Inventory and was analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance.
Results: The results showed that there are significant differences (p<0/001) between IBD and GERD and healthy people in obsessive beliefs, depression and anxiety. The mean of obsessive beliefs in IBD patients (119/744±15/423) was higher than the other two groups (p<0/001). Also, depression (12/489±2/941) and Anxiety (16/881±5/735) in IBD patients were higher than the other two groups.
Conclusion: According to the results, there is a significant difference between the inflammatory bowel disease and healthy people in the components of obsessive beliefs, depression and anxiety. So, there may be psycho-neuro-immunologic relationship between obsessive beliefs with inflammatory bowel disease, mediated by depression and anxiety.
Keywords
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Esophageal Reflux Disease
Obsessive Beliefs
Depression
Anxiety
Ahvaz
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