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Objective: We aimed to evaluate the depression, anxiety disorder and acute stress disorder after surgery in patients in an orthopedics and traumatology (O&T) department.
Methods: We applied Hospital Anxiety-Depression Scale (HAD) and Impact of an Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) to the patients whom were operated sometime between 01 August 2011 – 01 August 2012 in our O&T department, one week after their operation.
Results: 132 patients (89 male (67%)) were included. 87 (66%) patients were found to have anxiety disorder according to HAD and the mean anxiety scale score was 11.6±3.1. 111 (85%) patients were found to have depressive disorder according to HAD and the mean depression scale score was 9.9±2.3. And 102 patients (77%) were found to have acute stress disorder according to IES-R and the mean trauma scale score was 47.7±12.9.
Conclusion: Psychiatric disorders were found at a high incidence after operation in O&T departments, independent of the type of the operation; so cooperation should be established with psychiatrists during the perioperative period.