PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kateryna Gashynova
TI  - COPD: Different psychology status (PS) in patients with different cardiac co-morbidities rate
DP  - 2012 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - P547
VI  - 40
IP  - Suppl 56
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P547.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P547.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2012 Sep 01; 40
AB  - AimTo evaluate whether and in which extent cardiac co-morbidity have influence on the PS in patients with COPD.Study population78 outpatient with COPD made the study sample. Exclusion criteria were 1) mental diseases.MethodsFor the evaluation of the PS the depression (by Y.Zung scale), the anxiety (by Ch.D. Spilberger questionnaire) and the vegetative lability (by VELA test) were studied in all patients. Cardiac co-morbidity rate was established by original questionnaire and analysis of patient's medical documentation.ResultsIn accordance with cardiac co-morbidity rate all patients were divided on two groups (GR): GR I (n=17; 21.8%) without any and GR II (n=61; 78.2%) – with cardiac co-morbid conditions. Both groups were similar regarding to age, sex and smoking status. The data of psychological tests are performed in the table 1.View this table:Conclusions1. 78.2 % of outpatients with COPD had cardiac co-morbidity.2. Cardiac co-morbid conditions significantly impair psychology status in patients with COPD, and the most significant changes concerns depression and vegetative lability level.