The prevalence of anxiety syndrome in people with chronic non-communicable diseases in real clinical practice

Abstract

Objective: to study of the features of the spread of anxiety syndrome in patients with chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCD) in outpatient practice. Materials and methods: the study included persons of both sexes over 18 years of age who visited outpatient facilities in a large industrial center of Eastern Siberia in the summer of 2022. Diagnosis of chronic NCDs was established according to modern clinical guidelines. The examined were divided into two groups. The first group included persons without NCDs, the second group included patients with concomitant NCDs. The psycho-emotional state was assessed using the Spielberger-Khanin test with separate determination of the levels of personal and situational anxiety. Statistical data analysis was carried out using the Statistica 12.0 software package (StatSoft Inc., USA). Results: the level of situational anxiety in patients with chronic NCDs was statistically significantly  higher compared to individuals without concomitant  somatic pathology. In patients with chronic NCD, compared with individuals without them, a significant increase in the median scores for the level of low and moderately expressed personal anxiety and for the level of moderate and high situational anxiety was revealed. In the group of patients with CND, a high level of personal and situational anxiety was significantly more often observed in comparison with persons without CND. Conclusion: the prevalence of anxiety syndrome, especially situational anxiety in patients with chronic NCD in the outpatient network is quite high and reaches 93%, which requires a solution to the issue of practical psychiatric care for these patients.