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Psychosomatics

Volume 47, Issue 4, July–August 2006, Pages 312-319
Psychosomatics

Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Comorbid Anxiety or Depression

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The authors examined 179 veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to determine the relative contribution of clinical depression and/or anxiety (Beck Depression and Beck Anxiety Inventories) to their quality of life (Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire and Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form). Multiple-regression procedures found that both depression and anxiety were significantly related to negative quality-of-life outcomes (anxiety with both mental and physical health quality-of-life outcomes, and depression primarily with mental health). When comorbid with COPD, mental health symptoms of depression and anxiety are some of the most salient factors associated with quality-of-life outcomes.

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