ArticleBMC pulmonary medicine2021
Sex differences in risk factors for depressive symptoms in patients with COPD: The 2014 and 2016 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
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- Living alone and mortality risk in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Association between impairment of lung function and risk of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Assessment of the relationship between living alone and the risk of depression based on longitudinal studies: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Combined effect of living alone and osteoporosis status on the prevalence of depression in Chinese community-dwelling older population: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Depression and Anxiety Among Patients with COPD: A Nationwide Study from Lithuania.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026Observational
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Depression-The Vicious Mental Cycle.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Living alone and the risk of depressive symptoms: a cross-sectional and cohort analysis based on the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- National Trends in Prevalence of Depression in Men and Women with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Hospitalized in Spain, 2016-2020.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Questionnaire Survey-Based Quantitative Assessment of the Impact of Transitional Care on Self-Management of Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough depression is a common comorbidity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the role of sex remains unexplored. We evaluated sex differences of risk factors of depressive symptoms in adults with COPD.
methodsThis was a population-based cross-sectional study using data from the 2014 and 2016 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Spirometry was used to identify patients with COPD, defined as a FEV
results17.8% of participants expressed depressive symptoms. Relative regression analysis revealed that female sex (RR 2.38; 95% CI 1.55-3.66; p < 0.001), living alone (RR 1.46; 95% CI 1.08-1.97; p = 0.013), current smoker (RR 1.70; 95% CI 1.15-2.52; p = 0.008), underweight (RR 1.58 95% CI 1.00-2.49; p = 0.049), and GOLD Stage III/IV (RR 1.92; 95% CI 1.19-3.09; p = 0.007) were the risk factors for depressive symptoms. Low income, living alone, multiple chronic disorders, and low BMI were risk factors of depressive symptoms in male, whereas low educational attainment, urban living, and current smoking were risk factors in female.
conclusionsFemale sex is a main risk factor of depressive symptoms in adults with COPD. As risk factors of depressive symptoms in COPD patients vary according to their sex, different approaches are needed to manage depression in males and females with COPD.
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