Abstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate differences of mental impact depending on a type of benign gynecological disease or scheduled surgical procedure. Total of 293 women (169 cases with myoma uteri, 20 with prolapsus uteri, and 104 with benign ovarian cyst), who were hospitalized for receiving surgical treatment were analyzed with HADS. The HADS anxiety score was significantly higher in the benign ovarian cyst group than in the myoma uteri group. The percentage of anxious or depressed patients was also significantly higher in the former group. No significant differences were found between surgical procedures. However, some of 14 items of HADS shows significantly higher scores in patients treated by abdominal total hysterectomy than myomectomy, open surgery than laparoscopic surgery, or cystectomy than adnexectomy. These results indicate that the mental impact varies depending on type of disease and procedure. In particular, type of disease seems to have greater impact.