Factors associated with anxiety and depression among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

ABSTRACT

Objectives

This study investigated factors associated with anxiety and depression in COPD outpatients.

Methods

A cross-sectional study of 702 COPD outpatients from two major Jordanian hospitals using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was conducted.

Results

Significant associations were found with gender (Anxiety OR: 5.29, 95%CI: 2.38–11.74; Depression OR: 0.20, 95%CI: 0.08–0.51), disease severity (Anxiety OR: 2.97, 95%CI: 1.80–4.91; Depression OR: 15.95, 95%CI: 5.32–52.63), LABA use (Anxiety OR: 16.12, 95%CI: 8.26–32.26; Depression OR: 16.95, 95%CI: 8.33–34.48), medication count (Anxiety OR: 0.73, 95%CI: 0.59–0.90; Depression OR: 0.51, 95%CI: 0.40–0.64), mMRC score (Anxiety OR: 2.41, 95%CI: 1.81–3.22; Depression OR: 2.31, 95%CI: 1.76–3.03), and inhalation technique (Anxiety OR: 0.95, 95%CI: 0.93–0.97; Depression OR: 0.92, 95%CI: 0.90–0.95). Other factors associated with anxiety included high income, urban living, diabetes, hypertension, LAMA use, and fewer COPD medications. Depression was also linked with heart disease, increased age, and longer disease duration.

Conclusion

The prevalence of anxiety and depression among COPD patients necessitates targeted interventions. Future research that recruits a more diverse sample in multiple sites and establishes the cause-effect relationship between the study predictors and outcome could provide a more robust conclusion on factors associated with anxiety and depression among COPD patients.

KEYWORDS:

• Anxiety
• depression
• COPD
• intervention
• medication

Declaration of interests

The authors have no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties.

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank the Deanship of Research, Jordan University of Science and Technology for supporting this research project.

Reviewer disclosures

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Data availability statement

The data generated and/or analyzed in this study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Additional information

Funding

This research received a grant from the Deanship of Research, Jordan University of Science and Technology. Research Grant No: 20220474.