Research Article
Depression, Anxiety, and Hopelessness in Patients with Chikungunya Fever in Brazil
Hugo Andr脙茠脗漏 de Lima Martins*, Camila Cordeiro dos Santos, Valdenilson Ribeiro Ribas, Everton Botelho Sougey and Marcelo Moraes Valen脙茠脗搂aDepartment of Post-Graduation in Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
- *Corresponding Author:
- Hugo Andr脙茠脗漏 de Lima Martins
Department of Post-Graduation in Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Federal University of Pernambuco
Rua Josefa Miranda de Farias, 94
Center, Surubim, Brazil
Tel: +558121268000
E-mail: hugomt2001@yahoo.com.br
Received date: December 13, 2016; Accepted date: December 27, 2016; Published date: December 29, 2016
Citation: Martins HAL, Santos CC, Ribas VB, Sougey EB, Valen脙茠脗搂a MM (2016) Depression, Anxiety, and Hopelessness in Patients with Chikungunya Fever in Brazil. J Neuroinfect Dis 7:236. doi:10.4172/2314-7326.1000236
Copyright: © 2016 Martins HAL, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons attribution license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an alphavirus found worldwide that is now, with a very large outbreak mostly in the northeast of the country, an emerging disease in Brazil. This study consisted of a series of 18 females and two male patients, with ages ranging from 31 to 87 years and a mean age of 54. The patients presented anxiety or depressive symptoms that emerged during the acute phase of CHIKV infection and remained for at least one year. For the purpose of statistical comparisons, a control group was formed of 15 females and five male individuals without CHIKV infection and aged from 29 to 72 and a mean age of 48. , depression, and hopelessness symptoms were prevalent in patients one year after CHIKV infection.
