A review of the literature revealed high comorbidity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) and states of anxiety and depression, indicative of excess, psychiatric morbidity in …

Introduction Patients with COPD are believed to have a high risk for the development of
depression. However, it remains unclear whether or not there is a temporal relation between …

OBJECTIVES: Depression occurs commonly among patients with COPD, but the
independent association of depression and COPD and the effect of depression on COPD …

Objectives We hypothesized that COPD patients with sub‐threshold depression would have
levels of disability and impaired quality of life approaching that for major depression and …

Background Patients with psychiatric disorders (depression, anxiety) are more likely to have
poor health behaviours, including higher smoking and lower physical activity (PA) levels …

Background Exacerbation history is used to grade the risk of COPD exacerbation, but its
reliability and relationship to other risk factors and prior therapy is unclear. To examine these …

Individuals with COPD have a higher prevalence of co-morbid depression than either the
general population or patients with other chronic illnesses. The best estimates report a …

Background The natural history and time course of the onset of exacerbation events of
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is incompletely understood. Methods A …

Background Frequent and highly prevalent as comorbidities in Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients, both depression and anxiety seem to have an impact …

Exacerbations are an important feature and outcome measure in chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD), but little is known about changes in their severity, recovery …