Abstract
Background: Idiopathic achalasia (AC) may be affected by anxiety and/or depression; however, reliable evidence is still lacking. The present retrospective cohort study aimed to explore the influence of psycho-mental factors on the severity of AC. Methods: All patients in the AC database of the Tianjin Medical University General Hospital from 2012 to 2020 were divided into two subgroups, intervention (n = 202) and medication (n = 84), according to previous treatments. Healthy people (n = 300) who underwent gastrointestinal endoscopy comprised the control group. The severity of symptoms and the anxiety and depression score of AC patients and controls were monitored by telephone and compared before and during COVID-19. In addition, the factors of AC symptoms during the COVID-19 were discussed by multiple linear regression. Results: During COVID-19, the anxiety and depression levels of AC patients and healthy individuals were deteriorated. For AC patients, before and after COVID-19, symptoms, anxiety, and depression scores in the medication group were more serious than those in the intervention group. Furthermore, previous therapy, depression, and gender were found to be significantly related to the severity of AC symptoms during COVID-19. Conclusions: The outbreak of COVID-19 made AC patients and healthy people anxious and depressed. Depression rather than anxiety might worsen the AC symptoms. Interventional therapy might protect AC patients against psychological abnormalities during COVID-19.
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