Τίτλος:
Collateral Damage: Depressive Symptoms in the Partners of COPD Patients
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Depression is a frequent comorbidity in COPD patients and is associated
with greater physical impairment, increased health-care utilization, and
worse outcomes. The presence of depressive symptoms in the partners of
COPD patients has not been evaluated.
We evaluated the partners of 230 consecutive COPD patients included in a
prospective study. Depressive symptoms were evaluated using Beck’s
Depression Inventory (BDI) on the first day of admission for COPD
exacerbation. Patients were followed-up for 1 year.
Significant depressive symptoms were present in 39.6 % of the COPD
patients and in 40.9 % of their partners. Beck scores were higher in
the partners of patients with severe airflow obstruction and in those
with a parts per thousand yen2 exacerbations and a parts per thousand
yen1 hospitalizations for COPD exacerbation during the 1-year follow-up.
The BDI score of the patients’ partners was significantly correlated
with the BDI score of the COPD patients (r (s) = 0.422). In multivariate
analysis, depressive symptoms in the COPD patients were an independent
predictor of depressive symptoms in their partners (OR 4.136, 95 % CI
1.991-8.594; p < 0.001).
A large proportion of the partners of COPD patients present significant
depressive symptoms. The identification of those patients and their
partners represents a possible target for intervention.
Συγγραφείς:
Papaioannou, Andriana I.
Tsikrika, Stamatoula
Bartziokas,
Konstantinos
Karakontaki, Foteini
Kastanakis, Emmanouil and
Diamantea, Filia
Haniotou, Aikaterini
Papiris, Spyros and
Polychronopoulos, Vlassis
Loukides, Stelios
Kostikas,
Konstantinos
Περιοδικό:
Translational Lung Cancer Research
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
COPD; Depression; Acute exacerbation of COPD; Hospitalization for COPD
exacerbation; Disease severity; Partners
DOI:
10.1007/s00408-014-9595-4
