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Association of comorbid anxiety and depression with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Abstract
backgroundChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease with known systemic manifestations including psychiatric comorbidities most commonly being depression and/or anxiety. Studies regarding the association of these psychiatric comorbidities in terms of symptom scores, spirometric variables, and hospitalizations among patients of COPD are lacking, especially in India. MATERIALS AND
methodsOne hundred and twenty-eight patients of COPD attending the Outpatient Department of AIIMS Rishikesh, and fulfilling inclusion criteria were screened by Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and those who scored above the cutoff underwent psychiatric evaluation using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition Diagnostic Criteria for Research for confirmation of their diagnosis. All patients were then evaluated by physician-administered questionnaire for symptom scores by Modified Medical Research Council Scale (mMRC) for dyspnea, Hindi-validated Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ), and for functional capacity by 6-min walk distance (6MWD) according to the American Thoracic Society Guidelines. All patients also underwent spirometric evaluation, and postbronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1), BODE index (body mass index [BMI], postbronchodilator FEV1, mMRC for dyspnea, 6MWD) and a history of hospitalization/exacerbations over the past 1 year was also obtained. Comparison of symptom scores, functional capacity in terms of 6MWD, history of exacerbations or hospitalizations over preceding 1 year and BODE index between patients of COPD with or without anxiety and/or depression was done.
resultsCOPD patients with comorbid anxiety and/or depression had higher dyspnea scores and CCQ scores though the proportion of current smokers, BMI, history of hospitalization over the past 1 year, FEV1, and BODE index was not statistically significant between the two groups.
conclusionsDepression is a common comorbidity and leads to higher symptom scores as well as poorer quality of life among COPD patients.
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