Relationship between Chronic/ Recurrent Rhinosinusitis and Anxiety / Depression in Adults Ferit Akil 1 , Muhammed Ayral 2 , Baver Samanci 3 , Muhammed Akif Deniz 4 , Esref Arac 5 , Ahmet Uzer 6 , Serkan Dedeoglu 2 , Mehmet Güven 7 , Yetkin Zeki Yilmaz 8 1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Selahaddin Eyyubi State Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey 2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gazi Yasargil Education and Research Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey 3 Academia Hospital, ENT Department, Diyarbakir, Turkey 4 Department of Radiology, Gazi Yasargil Education and Research Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey 5 Department of Internal Medicine, Gazi Yasargil Education and Research Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey 6 Department of Psychiatry, Hitit Universty Corum Education and Research Hospital, Corum, Turkey 7 Department of Endocrinology, Dicle Universty Faculty of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey 8 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kartal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey Abstract Objective: Chronic Sinusitis, as per symptoms, is a disease that has been associated with depression and anxiety in nominal literature. In the literature, regardless of symptoms, the impact of anxiety and depression on patients with a diagnosis of chronic rhinosinusitis is an issue which has not been explained much. In this study we have tried to clarify this subject. Materials and methods: Our study was designed as a prospective study. The group has been formed by including 50 male and 50 female patients aged between 20 and 40 (group 1) and 30 male and 30 female control groups to this study (group 2). Patients and control groups were given BDI (Beck Depression Inventory) and BAI (Beck Anxiety Inventory) to be filled, then the total point averages they received and the number of patients who received over cut off values was compared separately in male and female in group 1 and 2 by SPSS and t-test. Results: In men, while the average total scores received from BDI were 10 ± 7 in Group 1, they were 15 ± 13 in group 2 (p<0.037). While the total scores received from BAI were detected as of 11 ± 6 in group 1, they were 16 ± 13 in group 2 (p<0.014). In women the total scores received from BDI were detected as of 11 ± 8 in group 1 while it was 17 ± 14 in group 2 (p<0.032). While the total scores received from BAI were 12 ± 7 in group 1, in group 2 they were detected as of 19 ± 17 (p<0.001). Conclusion: As a result, significant relationship between chronic rhinosinusitis and anxiety/depression in both sexes and groups were found. Keywords: Rhinosinusitis; Anxiety; Depression; Adults. Accepted on June 14, 2017 Introduction Chronic rhinosinusitis is a very common pathology that reveals itself in many forms. Its prevalence in the United States of America has been defined as 15.5% and is equal to second most often one in this chronic disease [1]. These rates in some studies are thought to be greater than anticipated [2,3]. Facial pain in chronic rhinosinusitis is a disease that presenting itself with complaint of suffering of reduction in anterior or posterior nasal discharge and diminished smell perception that lasts longer than 12 week [4]. It can be difficult to cope with these long term complaints. Many situations such as age, culture, physical and mental capacity can affect the patient's subjective complaints [5]. Apart from that, 2 common psychiatric disorders, the symptoms of depression and anxiety can influence [6]. A major depressive disorder is a disease affecting approximately more than 10 million Americans seriously and Asian Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences ISSN 2249 – 622X Asian J Biomed Pharmaceut Sci 2017 Volume 7 Issue 62 1