Anxiety and Depression In Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases

Abstract

Background- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic lung disease that has significant extrapulmonary effects that may impact the severity of symptoms in individual patients. COPD is a highly prevalent disease worldwide. Methods- This prospective cross sectional hospital based study was carried out on consecutive clinically stable COPD patients during their outpatient and inpatient department visit at Department of Respiratory medicine, Institute of Respiratory Disease , SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, during the year between 2015 to 2016. Results- In our study out of 100 pts 77% had depression. Median PHQ-9 score of study population was 8. Maximum patients had mild depression (36%) followed by moderate (28%) and moderately severe depression (13%).In this study all patients had anxiety. 81% patients had no-minimum anxiety and only 19% had moderate anxiety. None was found to have severe anxiety. Conclusion- Out of total 100 patients, based on BAI scale 11% patient were found to have moderate anxiety and 89% patient were having no to minimum Anxiety.

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Dr. Laxmi Narayan Meena

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Dr. Laxmi Narayan Meena (2018). Anxiety and Depression In Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases. International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research (IJMSIR), 3(7), 13-15. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-512295