Quality of life, anxiety and depression in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
César de Andrade de Lima, Regina Célia de Oliveira, Simone Andrade Gonçalves de Oliveira, Mônica Alice Santos da Silva, Alcione De Andrade Lima, Maria Sandra Andrade, Clarissa Mourão Pinho
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: to assess quality of life, anxiety and depression in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. METHOD: a cross-sectional, quantitative study, conducted in a reference hospital for the treatment of pulmonary diseases. Seventy patients were assessed, using a sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire, Beck's anxiety and Depression Inventories and the SF-36 Quality of Life Scale. RESULTS: the participants had better quality of life in the vitality, mental health and social role functioning domains (median=50.0) and worse in limitation by physical and emotional role functioning (median=0.0 points). Anxiety, depression and oxygen dependence were associated with poorer results in the quality of life domains. CONCLUSION: all patients were classified with severe anxiety level and moderate depression predominance. Patients had low quality of life scores in all domains.