02042nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001500118653001200133653002100145653002400166653001800190100002800208700002800236700002700264700002500291700002400316700001800340700002700358245010900385300000900494490000700503520122600510022001401736020001401750       2025                            d  c01/2025bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aDepression10aAnxiety10aChronic diseases10aHealth surveillance10aMental health1 aSilvia O´Connor-Pérez1 aEugenia Carballo-López1 aÁngel García-Martín1 aJuan García-García1 aAntonio Cano-Vindel1 aElisa Sanchez1 aAndrés Santiago-Sáez00aPHQ-9 and GAD-7 to detect depression and anxiety in healthcare workers with and without chronic diseases  a8-140 v313 aChronic diseases are highly prevalent and represent an important burden. Comorbidity between chronic diseases and emotional disorders is common, specially for people with comorbid depression and anxiety as they lead to a worsening of the prognosis. Although the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) can provide an easy and inexpensive way to detect them, they often remain undetected. This study explores the prevalence of these conditions amongst hospital employees using a cross-sectional study (n = 1,075). Based on employee health care records, 89 of these people had some type of chronic physical condition. We then randomly selected 89 age- and sex-matched healthy individuals for comparison. All participants completed screening tools for depression (PHQ-9) and anxiety (GAD-7). Depression and anxiety rates were, respectively, 2.97 and 2.59 times higher (OR) in the chronic group, indicating that people with chronic conditions are especially sensitive to psychosocial risks. These findings underscore the need to routinely monitor the emotional health of workers for the early detection of emotional disorders and specially in the case of particularly sensitive workers, such as those with known chronic illnesses.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437