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ArticlePalliative & supportive care2025

Dyspnea, anxiety, and death anxiety in patients with COPD.

Gamze Yeğin, Songül Karadağ

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Gamze YeğinDepartment of Nursing, Cukurova University, Adana, Türkiye.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2891-5058
Songül KaradağDepartment of Nursing, Cukurova University, Adana, Türkiye.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study was conducted to identify dyspnea, anxiety, and death anxiety in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

methodThe study was carried out with 200 COPD patients who applied to the chest diseases outpatient clinic of a state hospital between December 2022 and June 2023.

resultsA total of 73.0% of the patients with COPD participating in the study were male and their mean age was 66.73 ± 8.45 years. Their mean scores were 5.21 ± 2.46 on Modified Borg Scale, 2.62 ± 1.03 on the Modified Medical Research Council scale, 17.87 ± 7.96 on the Beck Anxiety Inventory, and 10.07 ± 4.02 on the Death Anxiety Scale. Patients with high dyspnea levels also had high levels of anxiety and death anxiety ( SIGNIFICANCE OF

resultsThe patients with COPD had high levels of dyspnea, anxiety, and death anxiety. Based on the results of the study, it is recommended to plan evidence-based studies to alleviate dyspnea, anxiety, and death anxiety in patients with COPD.

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AnxietyAttitude to DeathDyspneaPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsSurveys and QuestionnairesanxietyChronic obstructive pulmonary diseasedeath anxietydyspneanursing

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