A total of 116 patients with COPD were tested (54 men and 62 women), and 57 percent of women and 35 percent of men were classified as having one or more anxiety disorders, the most common being panic disorder.
Thirty-one percent of women and 14 percent of men were classified as having one or more mood disorders, the most common being major depression.
While women and men had similar dyspnea scores and no difference in exacerbation rates or lung function, women showed significantly greater psychological distress, worse perceived control of symptoms, and worse disease-related quality of life.
A new study out of Sacr???-Coeur Hospital (Montr???al, Canada), the Montr???al Heart Institute (Montr???al, Canada), and the University of Qu???bec at Montr???al (Montr???al, Canada) found that psychiatric disorders are at least three times higher in patients with COPD than in those without the disease, and the rates are three times higher for women than men.
CHEST 2005 abstract highlights
Jennifer Stawarz
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American College of Chest Physicians
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