Quality of life, anxiety and depression in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Rev Bras Enferm. 2020:73 Suppl 1:e20190423. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0423. Epub 2020 Jul 10.
[Article in Portuguese, English]

Abstract

Objective: to assess quality of life, anxiety and depression in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Method: a cross-sectional, quantitative study, conducted in a reference hospital for the treatment of pulmonary diseases. Seventy patients were assessed, using a sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire, Beck's anxiety and Depression Inventories and the SF-36 Quality of Life Scale.

Results: the participants had better quality of life in the vitality, mental health and social role functioning domains (median=50.0) and worse in limitation by physical and emotional role functioning (median=0.0 points). Anxiety, depression and oxygen dependence were associated with poorer results in the quality of life domains.

Conclusion: all patients were classified with severe anxiety level and moderate depression predominance. Patients had low quality of life scores in all domains.

Publication types

  • Observational Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anxiety / etiology*
  • Anxiety / physiopathology
  • Brazil
  • Cost of Illness
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Depression / etiology*
  • Depression / psychology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / complications*
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / psychology
  • Quality of Life / psychology
  • Surveys and Questionnaires