Efficacy of the Treatment for Anxiety-Depressive Disorders in Patients with Gastroenterological Diseases

• Main Author: S.V. Kosynska
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House Zaslavsky 2015-02-01
• Series: Gastroenterologìa
• Online Access: http://gastro.zaslavsky.com.ua/article/view/80340

The article deals with problem of the treatment of anxiety-depressive disorders in patients with gastroenterological disease and persistent symptoms of abdominal pain and dyspepsia. For objectification of psychoemotional disorders and choice of their correction, we have applied HADS scale. We have detected a high incidence of anxiety — in 93.75 % of such patients, depression — in 81.25 %, their combination — in 78.1 %. Gidazepam efficacy was evaluated in anxiety disorders and escitalopram one — in depressive disorders. It is shown that the use of psychocorrection enables to reverse gastroenterological symptoms: abdominal pain has completely gone in 71.9 % of patients, dyspeptic complaints — in 86.9 %, as well as to reduce anxiety-depressive symptoms.