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Anxiety and Depression in Brazilian Orthopaedics Inpatients: A Cross Sectional Study with a Clinical Sample Comparison

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There are few studies on the development of anxiety and depression in orthopaedics and trauma (O&T) inpatients. We designed a cross-sectional study aimed at comparing the prevalence of depression and anxiety in 100 O&T inpatients and 100 clinical inpatients in the same hospital. O&T patients were divided into subgroups: trauma and non-trauma (arthroplasty, tumour, and infection sub grouping). We measured anxiety and depression by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and co-morbidities by the Charlson age-adjusted comorbidity index (CCI). For the trauma subgroup, AO/OTA fracture classification and Gustillo and Anderson grade of open fractures classification was applied. The prevalence of anxiety and depression was 35% and 28%, respectively for the clinical sample, and 44% and 33% for the O&T sample. Compared with the clinical sample, anxiety scores were higher in the O&T sample (p = .047), and in arthroplasty (p = .020) and trauma subgroups (p = .031). In the O&T sample, high CCI scores were associated with high anxiety scores (p = .033).

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Federal University of São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Vinícius Ynoe de Moraes, Flávio Faloppa & João Carlos Belloti

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Miguel Roberto Jorge

  3. Av. Onze de Junho, 685. Apto 66 Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP, CEP: 04041-052, Brazil

    Vinícius Ynoe de Moraes

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de Moraes, V.Y., Jorge, M.R., Faloppa, F. et al. Anxiety and Depression in Brazilian Orthopaedics Inpatients: A Cross Sectional Study with a Clinical Sample Comparison. J Clin Psychol Med Settings 17, 31–37 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-009-9184-5

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