• 1. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, P. R. China;
  • 3. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong 524001, P. R. China;
  • 4. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medicine Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, P. R. China;
TIAN Xinlun, Email: xinlun_t@sina.com; HAN Jiangna, Email: 13520053104@139.com
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Objective To investigate prevalence of anxiety and depression in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in order to increase the awareness of physicians on this comorbidity.Methods Patients were from a multicenter prospective cohort study and 13 institutions or hospitals participated in the study. Four hundred and ten patients with a prior diagnosis of COPD were prospectively recruited from January 2017 to January 2019, and baseline date were analyzed. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was used to identify anxiety and depression.Results The cohort had a mean age of (60.7±10.0) years with 76.8% males and 74.3% smokers. Seventy-nine patients (19.3%) had anxiety or depression. Among them, 36 subjects (8.8%) had anxiety, and 64 patients (15.6%) were with depression, and 21 patients (5.1%) with anxiety and depression. The prevalence of severe anxiety (2.7%) and severe depression (2.4%) was low. Compared to patients without anxiety or depression, patients with anxiety or depression had significantly higher CAT scores (17.8±9.3 with anxiety, 17.4±8.4 with depression, 12.5±7.3 without anxiety or depression, P 0.002 and 0.000 respectively). The risk of acute exacerbations was higher in patients with depression (37.5% vs. 22.7%, P=0.016). Proportion of patients categorized into GOLD group D was higher in patients with depression (P=0.001).Conclusions About 20% COPD patients has anxiety or depression. Prevalence of depression is two times that of anxiety. The prevalence of severe anxiety or severe depression is low. Patients with depression have lower quality of life, higher risk of acute exacerbations, and higher proportion of patients categorized into GOLD group D.

Citation: LIU Yongjian, TIAN Xinlun, GUO Xiheng, WU Bin, WANG Li, WANG Shaoting, CAI Baiqiang, HAN Jiangna. Prevalence of anxiety and depression in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Chinese Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2020, 19(5): 425-429. doi: 10.7507/1671-6205.202001049 Copy

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