COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT HYPERTENSION IN AMIRALMOMENIN ALI HOSPITAL IN ZABOL

Hypertension is one of the major issues of public health in the today world that is one of the main risk factors of cardiovascular diseases. Current study was conducted aiming at comparative investigation of level of depression, anxiety, and quality of life in patients with hypertension and healthy individuals. In a case-control study, 60 patients with hypertension were randomly selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, and they were compared with 60 of their first-degree relatives without hypertension in terms of depression symptoms. Research data were collected using demographic questionnaire, Beck depression inventory, Beck anxiety inventory, and WHO quality of life survey, and they were analyzed using descriptive statistical methods in SPSS 16 software. Independent t test was also used. Depression and anxiety symptoms are more in patients with hypertension compared to those without hypertension, and quality of life in patients with hypertension is lower than the other group. Results of this study showed high prevalence of anxiety and depression and low quality of life in patients with hypertension. Keywords: Depression, anxiety, hypertension, quality of life