Background. It has been suggested that severe COPD is associated with depressive
symptoms, possibly linked to exacerbations, dyspnea and hospitalisation. However, scarce …

Background Although depression is a risk factor for adverse outcomes in chronic illness,
little is known about the prevalence or risk factors for depressive symptoms in chronic …

Objective: To determine if the presence of depression in patients suffering from chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) would have an independent impact on mortality …

Under-recognised and untreated depression and anxiety symptoms have deleterious effects
on physical functioning and social interaction increasing fatigue and healthcare utilisation in …

Introduction Depression is a prevalent comorbidity in COPD and has an impact on the
prognosis of these patients, thereby making it important to study the factors associated with …

The aim of this study was to determine whether treating concomitant depression improves
quality of life and exercise tolerance in COPD patients. Out-patients with moderate to severe …

Objective This meta-analysis was aimed to evaluate the differences in aggregated
prevalence of depressive symptoms among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary …

BACKGROUND: Prior research on the risk of depression in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) has yielded conflicting results. Furthermore, we have an incomplete …

Objective To reveal the risk factors, the symptom distribution characteristics, the clinical
values of white blood cell counts (WBC counts), red blood cell distribution width (RDW) …

Depression is present in up to 60% of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It
jeopardizes patients' ability to utilize treatment and may increase their risk for poor …