European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Introduction: "Globus sensation" is often described as the sensation of a lump in the throat associated with dry swallowing or the need for dry swallowing, which disappears completely during eating or drinking and for which no organic cause can be established. The globus pharyngeus has been defined as consisting of a persistent or intermittent sensation of a lump or foreign body in the throat for at least 12 weeks, occurrence of the sensation between meals absence of dysphagia or odynophagia; absence of pathological reflux, achalasia or other motility disorder with a recognized pathological basis globus is a painless symptom and frequently improve with eating. Aims: To study the anxiety and depression in patients suffering from globus pharyngeus. Materials and Methods: The present study was a cross sectional; hospital based single cantered observational study. This Study was carried one and half years at NRS medical college and hospital. 80 patients were included in this study. Result: In our study, out of 80 patients, most of the patients were 31-40 years old. Age was statistically significant. The mean Age of patients was [34.8625± 7.7700]. We found that, female population was higher than male population but this was statistically significant. It was found that, most of the patients were belong to Lower class and though and higher number of patients were from rural area followed by Urban area but these were statistically significant. We observed that, lower number of patients were Unmarried though it was statistically significant. In our study, more number of patients were from Joint Family followed by Nuclear family which was not statistically significant. We found that, most of the patients had No Anxiety and Depression [41(51.1%)]. Anxiety disorder was 20 (25.1%) patients and Depressive episode was 19 (23.8%) patients which was statistically significant (p=.00034). Conclusion: We found that, most of the patients had No Anxiety and Depression [41(51.1%)]. Anxiety disorder was 20 (25.1%) patients and Depressive episode was 19 (23.8%) patients which was statistically significant (p=.00034). Our study showed that, most of the patients had ≤17 Mild HAM A and more number of patients had <10 normal HAM D which were statistically significant.