Adriana Peterson Mariano Salata Romão|Ricardo Gorayeb|Gustavo Salata Romão|Omero Benedicto Poli Neto|Francisco José Candido dos Reis|Júlio César Rosa e Silva|Antônio Alberto Nogueira
High levels of anxiety and depression have a negative effect on quality of life of women with chronic pelvic pain
Universidade de São Paulo|Universidade de São Paulo|Universidade Federal de São Carlos|Universidade de São Paulo|Universidade de São Paulo|Universidade de São Paulo|Universidade de São Paulo
chronic pelvic pain cpp common complex disease whose cause often clinically inexplicable consequent difficulty diagnosis treatment patients cpp high levels anxiety depression consequent impairment quality lifethe objective study determine prevalence anxiety depression impact quality life women cppa crosssectional controlled study conducted 52 patients cpp 54 women without pain depression anxiety evaluated hospital anxiety depression scale quality life evaluated world health organization quality life whoqolbref questionnaire data analysed statistically mannwhitney utest fisher exact test chisquare test spearman correlation testthe prevalence anxiety 73 37 cpp control groups respectively prevalence depression 40 30 respectively significant differences groups observed physical psychological social domains patients higher anxiety depression scores present lower quality life scoresthe fact dpc syndromic complex many patients enter chronic cycle search improvement medical symptoms constant presence pain may responsible affective changes dynamics family social sexual initially person facing loss healthy body active state dependence limitations study patients higher scores anxiety depression scores lower quality life patients lower scores anxiety depression scores quality life results show perhaps depression anxiety may related negative impact quality life patientsin view association emphasise importance specific approach treatment anxiety depression together clinical treatment improve quality life patients