Anxiety and depression among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Abstract

Objective. To evaluate anxiety and depression among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Material and methods. Descriptive cross-sectional study, from 1st October 2019 to 30th March 2020, at Department of Medicine Dow University Hospital Karachi. All diagnosed cases of COPD on the basis of GOLD criteria with no other comorbidities were included. A questionnaire was designed for data collection, comprising of sociodemographic characteristic and hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS). Results. The total number of participants was 370, out of whom 80% (n = 296) were male. 97% (n = 359) were smoker and among all 55% (n = 204) were diagnosed COPD for more than 10 years. The frequency of depression in COPD was 10.8% (n = 40) while frequency of Anxiety was found to be 32.2% (n = 119). Conclusions. Our study demonstrates a comparatively higher frequency of anxiety as compared to depression in the studied population .we also observed that depression and anxiety among COPD patients was more associated with high BMI and longer duration of COPD rather than other demographic factors. Therefore special emphasis should be paid towards early screening for anxiety and depression in COPD patient as timely intervention can dramatically improve the quality of life.