depression and anxiety in iranian patients with behcet's disease: a single center experience

background: this study was designed to determine and compare the stress, anxiety and depression levels in behcet’s disease (bd) patients and a control group of normal individuals. materials and methods: one-hundred and six patients with bd were selected as cases and controls were 106 age- and sex-matched participants referred to the shiraz dental school clinics due to dental problems. we collected the information with 3 validated farsi questionnaires: perceived stress scale (pss) for stress, beck anxiety index (bdi) for depression and beck depression index (bai) for anxiety. results: stress, depression and anxiety levels were significantly higher in patients with bd in comparison with the control group ( p<0.001 ). conclusions: a high level of stress and depression in bd patients is frequent and pss, bdi and bai are useful for determining these variations. finally, we suggest a psychiatrist consultation in all periods of disease treatment.