Sleepiness, fatigue, anxiety and depression in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Obstructive Sleep Apnea – Overlap – Syndrome, before and after continuous positive airways pressure therapy

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 6; p. e0197342
• Main Authors: Economou, Nicholas-Tiberio, Ilias, Ioannis, Velentza, Lemonia, Papachatzakis, Yiannis, Zarogoulidis, Paul, Kallianos, Anastasios, Trakada, Georgia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 11.06.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Aged; Analysis; Anxiety; Anxiety - epidemiology; Anxiety - etiology; Anxiety - physiopathology; Apnea; Biology and Life Sciences; Blood pressure; Body mass; Body Mass Index; Body size; Care and treatment; Chronic obstructive lung disease; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Comparative analysis; Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; Depression (Mood disorder); Depression - epidemiology; Depression - etiology; Depression - physiopathology; Disease control; Disorders of Excessive Somnolence - epidemiology; Disorders of Excessive Somnolence - etiology; Disorders of Excessive Somnolence - pathology; Fatigue; Fatigue - epidemiology; Fatigue - etiology; Fatigue - physiopathology; Female; Hip; Hospitals; Humans; Lung diseases; Male; Medical screening; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mental depression; Middle Aged; Neck; Obstructive lung disease; Oximetry; Patients; Polysomnography; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - complications; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - physiopathology; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - therapy; Pulmonary functions; Quality of life; Respiratory diseases; Respiratory function; Sleep; Sleep and wakefulness; Sleep apnea; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - complications; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - epidemiology; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - physiopathology; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - therapy; Sleep disorders; Sleepiness; Statistical analysis; Systematic review; Therapy; Greece

Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and / or Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) often complain about sleepiness, fatigue, anxiety and depression. However, common screening questionnaires, like Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) and Hospital Anxiety and Dep...