Prevalence and correlations with depression, anxiety, and other features in outpatients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in China: a cross-sectional case control study

• Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 53
• Main Authors: Lou, Peian, Zhu, Yanan, Chen, Peipei, Zhang, Pan, Yu, Jiaxi, Zhang, Ning, Chen, Na, Zhang, Lei, Wu, Hongmin, Zhao, Jing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 10.09.2012; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Aged; Air pollution; Analysis; Anxiety; Anxiety - epidemiology; Body mass index; Case-Control Studies; China - epidemiology; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression; Depression - epidemiology; Depression, Mental; Disease; Education; Exercise; Female; Full text; Health aspects; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; Hospitalization; Hospitals; Humans; Logistic Models; Lung diseases, Obstructive; Male; Marital status; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Middle Aged; Outpatients - psychology; Physical fitness; Prevalence; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - psychology; Pulmonology; Quality of Life - psychology; Questionnaires; Secondary schools; Severity of Illness Index; Smoking; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Walking; China

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often experience depression and anxiety, but little information is available regarding Chinese patients with these conditions. The present study assessed depression and anxiety in Chinese patients with COPD. A case-controlled study was desig...